Will be christened today in front of a very small group of royal family members. Good morning. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im thomas drayden. To do a federal trial gets underway to determine if the largest municipal bankruptcy filing can move forward. With detroit more than 20 billion in debt, there is little doubt it is in dire financial straits. A city manager has taken over and proposed cutting worker pensions and benefits to help the city get back on track. Labor unions and retirees will argue rolling back pensions view lathes the states constitution. The bankruptcy itself is quickly becoming a costly affair. For the motor city, first came the debt, then came the bankruptcy, then the bankruptcy bill. Its soaring like detroits skyline. The city council dutifully keeps meeting, but since the finances taken over, it is the city manager calling the shots. Hes handed contracts to lawyers and bankruptcy experts worth more than 62 million and counting. Only his office k
Well, first it was brazil, then france, then mexico, now its germany. Another ally has accused the u. S. Of spying. German chancellor Angela Merkel comcomplained to president obama that there have been spying on her cell phone. What else is the white house saying about these accusations. Reporter allegations that the spying program that has been so controversial in the wake of edward snowden, first it was france alleging that french citizens of 75 million telephone conversation have been eavesdropped on by the nsa. Today out of the blue here comes the german government, the spokesman for the chancellor making those charges that you just outlined. Today jay carney was asked about it. This was his response. I can tell thought president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor. The United States greatly values our close cooperation with germany on a broad range of shared security challenges. The president sai
Lavish lifestyle is forced to leave the vatican. Im in australia, where the bush fire situation is not as bad as has been feared. Previously unseen footage of hundreds of mainly Syrian Refugees being saved from drowning has been released. The maltese navy pulled them from the water two weeks ago. The navy estimates about 200 people drown. At the Time Survivors said they had been shot at by libbians. The situation was very horrible. It can not be discrypt. It was very horrible. All of us we think we will be dead. Karl joins us live from the maltese capitol. What more do we know about what happened to these people . Basically those are the comments you heard from some of the survivors who actually made it to shore after they had been rescued by the maltese navy. 126 of those migrants were rescued by the maltese navy. Another 56 by the italian navy, but almost 200 people are thought to have parished in the pr tragedy. So we have another tragedy on our hands, and the ball now becomes a pol
I am resurrection and i am white said the lord. Whoever has faith in me shall have lies, and everyone who has lies and has committed himself to me and she shall not die forever. As for me, i know that my redeemer lives and that at the last he will send upon the earth after my awakening, he will raise me up and in my body, i shall see god. I myself shall see in my eyes behold him who is my friend and not a stranger. For none of us have wife and hands of a none terms his own master when we die. For if we have life, we are alive in the lord and if we die, we die in the lord. So then, whether we live or die, we are the worse possession. Happy from now on are those who died in the lord, so it is said we spirit, for they rest from their labor. As dean of Washington National cathedral on behalf of the bishop of washington, i will commit to the service celebrating the remarkable life of senator Daniel Inouye. Washington National Cathedral serves the nation as a Gathering Place of time, in time
Nhs. We must ask ourself today do we want to become a catastrophic hind drains upon our employers. Destruct our teachers and obstruct our health service. No, no, no. The opposition arguement is like discredit our effort claiming its not enough campaign merely deserve the focus of divide region. Over the past year, we have seen great progress [inaudible] leading the way. But just as the u. K. Deficit is not balanced with the government public transport issue are not solved in one year. Were public transport continued a national priority. We cant [inaudible] for the like of my young cousin. We can deliver more transport to get students from point a to point b. We can build a better, Brighter Future for young people. So when the opposition argument say its not a National Campaign, a focus of the divided region. I tell you this, divided we are weak, but united are the nation we are strong. More nation, one notion, one campaign. Better public transport. [applause] [applause] thank you very