prepares to address the nation on the rise of islamaphobia. this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i m del walters. there were firey words today at a congressional hearing on the flint water crisis in washington, d.c. a house committee is grilling officials at this hour trying to determine who was to blame for the contaminated water in flint. but the man at the center of the crisis not going to be there. the emergency manager not going to testify even though he has been subpoenaed to do so. he is the man that changed the water supply at the order of the state. all officials under fire throughout the morning. what has been said. reporter: that hearing is ongoing. there are residents from flint, as they are cheering as they are trying to figure out who is to blame. most importantly, the managesy manager is absent. and we are hearing criticism from members of congress over the fact that darnell earley did not show up. it s disappointing that former emergency m
address the rise of islamapho a islamaphobia. this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m richelle carey. firey words today on the water crisis in flint, michigan. a house committee is grilling city, state, and federal officials to determine who is to blame for the contaminated water. that is congresswoman sheila jackson lee there. the emergency manager appointed by the state won t testify even though he has been subpoenaed to do so. he is the man who changed the water supply in flint at the direction of the state. libby casey is live in washington with this. libby, officials at all levels of government, all of them, have been under fire for not protecting the people of flint. what has been said so far this morning? reporter: that s right. it s really the absences that are notable here. darnell earley is that manager who is not appearing this morning. his lawyer says a subpoena was served late yesterday back home in michigan and it wasn t realistic for him t
early today starts now. good morning everyone. i m sheba russell. democratic kthds hillary clinton and bernie sanders will face you have tonight in their first ever on 1-1 debate. expect to see plenty of fire. sanders is doubling down on calling clinton a moderate and not a progressive an attack clinton says she s disappointed about. it was kind of a low blow when senator sanders said in response to a question, well maybe she s a progressive on, you know, some days. across the aisle, it s becoming even more brutal. donald trump is accusing ted cruz of voter fraud. trump says he ll probably file a formal complaint. may even challenge the iowa caucus results. that is over a cruz campaign note sent just before the caucus which said ben carson was dropping out and his supporters should urge carson s to switch to cruz. not surprisingly cruz has responded and pebed a new word. it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet a another temper tantrum and if you hike another t
was in chambers contemplating his decision. mr. cosby came into the courtroom. he has been in there all day now for some seven hours, nine hours, sat down, the judge walked out and for significance of this ruling, it was very, very under stated. judge steven o neill, in just a matter of a few sentences, regarding this application, by the defense, to basically stop the prosecution, at that motion it is denied. the in essence, the judge, although not saying it from the the bench said that there was word there had been a promise by former district attorney bruce castor in 2005 not to prosecute cosby was, not a legal significance. it would not impede the current prosecution, and so now the the prosecution of cosby, will go forward to a preliminary hearing and trial but there could be an appeal of this ruling by the defense. in one speaking publicly right now. even at this hour to show how litigious how this kate could become they are beginning to hear other testimony in court on
snow. so what to expect if you are outside on the road tonight. and, stay off this evening, i would recommend it. we have rain and pockets of dense fog. you get that a lot with warm air moving over the colder snow pack a lot have of fog has formed this afternoon and evening. the overnight, the the rain will move out but dense fog will remain, and improving conditions throughout the morning hours and we will go give you the green light there. things should get better for your thursday morning commute. not quite as bad what to expect this evening? rain still heavy at times. total amounts around a an inch, some higher amounts possible to the north and west and localized flooding is occurring. snow melt, does continue to add to the threat, so when you couple all that, that saturated ground, with over an inch or two of water, with an inch of rain, of course, we will have more, in the way of flooding out there and areas of dense fog do continue to impact the the the area tonight co