susays it s it killed more than 100 soldiers in the . trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement with war rhetoric has continually been trying to derail that peace process. by launching such a large-scale offensive, it only creates a more than 10ouos situation with loss of innocent lives and casualties on both sides. the latest news we have is is that they have called for an immediate cease-fire. efforts with the ocs men s group, i think it s time for the world to pay greater attention to the situation here because, as i said, it will have a large influence on the greater region if this issue is not resolved peacefully. united nations has released th thet disturbing figures showing iraqis killed by violence in march. the u.n. mission to iraq says 1,119 people were killed last moh compared to the 670 killed in february. that s a spike of a massive 67%. well, it s due in part to a change from tackics. iraqi forces backed by u.s.-led airstrikes have advanced in recent months.
more waves of rain developing up north and sweeping south ward. by 5:00 in the morning we still may have left over showers and thunderstorms. a more complete look at the forecast later. spencer, thank you very much. these kinds of these storms are gearing up for el nino enhanced weather. that is the spot we see flooding when it rains like this. reggie? reporter: that is right. this is a common spot for flooding. there are signs and you can take a look at the ponding we re seeing. nothing more than just a little bit of ponding, though. people are very grateful. responders are also grateful because this is a good first try before we get what is expected to be a heavy el nino season. a wet commute home provides a book end of a day. short rains with a long dry spell in between. the day started with high water on 101. people facing a wet way to get to work and a tree fell at just the right time. a driver saw the tree fall in front of his car near panoramic highway. the d
very common in louisiana. donna weidenhaft is a public defender in new orleans. are the penalties severe here for marijuana possession? absolutely. you can get anywhere up to 20 years if you are caught with marijuana 3 times. and in some cases, you can even get life. bernard noble, one of weidenhaft s clients, was sentenced to 13 years in jail last year after he was stopped with 2.8 grams of pot - about 3 marijuana cigarettes. when bernard was riding his bike the new orleans police department saw him and they thought that he had swerved his bike onto the sidewalk to avoid them, almost hitting a car so they stopped bernard at that point and that s pretty much where bernard s nightmare began. noble was riding to a sweet shop. in the past he had been arrested for possessing small amounts of pot and cocaine. his most recent arrest was nine and a half years before. is bernard noble a drug dealer? bernard noble is not a drug dealer, no. was bernard noble ever arre
australia who became the story after he was carjacked at gunpoint by an armed fugitive. hello. there are reports that president obama has secretly written to iran s supreme leader to discuss possible cooperation against islamic state militants. the wall street journal says mr. obama sent the letter last month in which he referred to a shared interest in fighting islamic state in iraq and syria. the white house has refused to comment on the report, insisting that its stance towards iran has not changed. president obama authorized a u.s.-led air campaign against i.s. fighters in iraq in august, and expanded the mission the following month to neighboring syria. iranian forces have also been fighting the islamic state group on the ground, under the leadership of the iranian general who has been seen at the siege of the iraqi city. well, the u.s. and iran broke off diplomatic relations back in 1979 after the storming of the u.s. embassy in teheran where 52 americans were held
invasion of gaza, the palestinian death toll tops 250. we will speak to sharif abdel kooudous in gaza city, then we turn to glenn greenwald on the growing controversy over nbc s decision to pull its veteran reporter ayman mohyeldin from gaza after he witnessed the israeli attack that killed four palestinian children on a gaza beach. he had been playing soccer with the boys an hour before. and then to ukraine where 298 people have died after a malaysian airliner was shot down near the russian border. all sides in the ukrainian conflict deny responsibility. today, the whole world has seen the real face. it is targeted against the entire world. this is a wake-up call for the whole world. we expect an adequate width fonts from the international from the response international community. we will speak with professor st ephen cohen. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. a malaysia airlines flight car