Good morning to you and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im thomas and we are following breaking news this morning coming out of lebanon, the former finance minister chatah and four others including body guards have been killed in a car bomb and Dozens Injured and it happened in the downtown beirut a few hundred yards from the government headquarters and Parliament Building and there was panic and chaos in the seconds and minutes following the blast. Troops deployed to the area and Dominick Cain has more and you may find some of the images disturbing. Reporter the scenes show the aftermath of the explosion, a car bomb detonated in beirut Downtown Business district. It killed the former finance minister, the close aid hariri and a leader of the future movement and body guards killed and people nearby and blew out windows across a wide area and one retired lebanese general told al jazeera that all the leaders of the march the 14th antisyria group were due to be in the area for a meeting wh
Welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. Reprieve for a family of a california girl declared brain dead and a judge granted them an extension to keep the 8th grader on life support for another week and we report on the on going legal battle on the fate of the teenagers. She was dead weeks ago when she went into cardiac arrest after her operation and family disagrees and have taken the battle to court. I do what is right for me and her and i will fight for her and i dont have fight left in me. Reporter a judge has oneweek extension of life support. Our attorneys are simultaneously filing a new complaint in federal request requesting a temporary restraining order and injunction preventing pulling the plug and the judge extend the temporary retraining order and filing an appeal with the courts. Reporter last week a courtappointed neurologist confirmed the hospitals conclusion. The medical condition by the statute you mentioned, she meets all of the criteria for brain death. Reporte
Good morning everybody and welcome to Al Jazeera America and im david in new york and we are given more time to sign up under the Affordable Care act and the coverage starting january 1 was last night but now its extended to 11 59 tonight Christmas Eve and daniel lee has the story. And he is more of one million americans breathing an sigh of relief and caught in yesterdays scramble to get her fatherinlaw insurance she now has through today to finish the job. Better for him to be covered and be safe and not worried about it. This morning the website is advertising the oneday extension, granted in response to the Record Number of visitors to healthcare. Gov and so many not everyone who tried could get through. Wanted to make sure people who were trying to sign up today were actually able to do it and get covered. Reporter republicans attacked the lastminute change. Its another demonstration the plan was not ready for prime time and problem after problem. Health industries are warning of
Magnificent city made entirely of ice. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The first major snowstorm of 2014 has arrived in full force and it pummeled on new years eve is now crippling the northeast with heavy snow and bonechilling temperatures and blamed for two deaths in illinois and another in philadelphia. New york and new jersey have each declared a state of emergency with blizzardlike conditions expected through the morning and new york city cancelled school for nearly one million kids but the sub freezing temperatures moving into the area that are the most concerning. Temperatures are expected to dip to minus ten by the weekend and its even worse further north in new england, some areas have seen 22 of snow with more expected over the next 12 hours. The lows in boston will be well below zero and part of maine could see the mercury drop to minus 30. From the midwest to the northeast more than 100 Million People are feeling the effects of this dangerou
Good morning, merry christmas. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im david shuster. Members of the taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in israel. It included another strike in the city. No one was injured in a strike and Embassy Officials say all american staff have been accounted for. A pair of explosions in baghdad left 24 people dead. 20 were killed when a car bomb exploded near a Church Celebrating Christmas mass. 47 people wounded. Officials say the church was a tart. A second target at a bus terminal in the same part of town killed four, injuring a dozen more. We have a lot of pictures coming from from st. Peterss square where a christmas message is being delivered. The pope appeared on the balcony. You are listening to the trum petters. Lets listen in for a few moments. Image of the pope reminds us when he was elected. Pope francis, the belonged italian state. It was known for his radical poverty and evan gellical spirit. Pope francis is known for his attention and love for