Public life included 2 terms as president and Prime Minister period he became a champion of the european single currency and a vocal opponent of the u. S. Led war in iraq they also served 18 years as the mayor of paris so this period was marred by allegations of corruption. Reports. People gathered outside former president Jacques Chiracs home in central paris to remember one of frances most famous politicians whose career spanned 5 decades in a t. V. Address to the nation president emmanuel macro pay tribute to the conservative leader know. The people of france have lost a great statesman that we love as much as he loved us became a familiar face after being in politics for more than 40 years and whether we share his views or not this is all recognize this man who resembled us and assembled us there of paris Prime Minister twice and president for 12 years he held nearly all the top jobs sure i was born in paris in 1932 his political prowess was clearly evident he spent the 1950 s. Wor
so, spends time, as much as you can in air-conditioning. there is your satellite radar picture, few pop ups yesterday because of the heat, no showers or thunderstorms right now. look at the american flag, not blowing at all no wind at all. so calm winds 77% relative humidity, and already 79 degrees, when it is almost 80 at 5:00 in the morning you know it will be a hot one. 5:57 is our official sunrise time so, other temperatures throughout the region, to the north of us, in the upper 60s little more comfortable at least to start the day. and then, lower 70s out at the shore. and just about everywhere, we cannot find a breeze anywhere. we could use one but sorry about that. and in weather by the numbers we went with seven for today because of the excessive heat warning, makes it even more uncomfortable. soap as we go through the day, offer to another muggy start like yesterday. warm humid by lunchtime already up to 90. we will probably top off at 95, it will feel like it is cl
weekend? you know, what? my brother was at a wedding, my brother got married on memorial day weekend, and my sister got married on labor day weekend. and i complained non-stop that they ruin my holiday weekend? think think it is good idea, oh, we have the day off. it will be fine. makes it easier for you, flight. well, right. you will have three day weekend, so there is more fun to be had. so spends it with me doing what i want you to do. you re right. so ruin all of our lives. now, here is an opinion piece we found in usa today the newspaper. the writers says getting married on say president s day, or martin luther king s birthday, that s probably okay. the weather is not that nice. probably be indoors, majority of the time. probably won t mind. that will the writer also says new years eve is fine. sue serio got married on new years eve. she seems to be working out. it is a good excuse to have a silly party, it is new years eve, why not do it, you know, get married, ha
pope francis slammed, vatican bureaucrats calling him narcisse stick hypocrite suffering from spiritual alzheimer s. the sickness he says is infecting the church and the reaction around the world. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. this morning, new york city mayor is calling for calm following the murder two police officers. facing criticism for the police union and protestors, he he s urging both to put their differences aside until the officer are buried. there were small anti police demonstrates and in manhattan, a larger protest isette set for later today. we are hearing from the man who killed the officers. they say he was emotionally troubled and needed help. there seems to be a big change in tone from police and new york city hall. the police officers union, the spokesperson is dialing things back and the mayor is taking the high ground, refusing to get embroiled in a row over the politics of these police deaths. mayor bill deblasio and the polic
partially restored in north korea following a nine-hour outage, but u.s. officials deny any action against pyongyang. and another defeat, the greek government is once again tested as lawmakers head into a second presidential vote that could bring the country closer to snap elections. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. hi, everybody. good morning. glad you re with us here on the next two hours on worldwide exchange. we ve seen another volatile saegz for the ruble. it s given up exchange against the dollar, but trading a little higher against the dollar at the moment. in the last hour, a report emerged that the country s prime minister told the largest state exporter to sell part of their forex reserves. if it s in an effort to try to stabilize the currency. it intends to hold consultations with these exporters on these particular measures. the ruble has lost almost 70% against the greenback against the dol