Hello and welcome. I am mark barton. A warm welcome to the first hour of the program. It is 6 00 a. M. In london. Lets get to the top story. More than 100 World Leaders gathered in new york for a United Nations summit on Climate Change. Among them was u. S. President obama urging action while there is still time. There is one issue that will define the contours of the century more genetically than any other. And that is the urgent and of a changing climate. The chinese delegation was there. Some commentators suggesting these are bold commitments coming. Bigger than they have made in the past. President obama saying the u. N. Money is helping emerging markets. Key to this conversation is the level of development. Obama has called Climate Change, which was a key part of it hasction campaign not been embraced by everyone in congress. This is the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet begin to heal. They almost laughed at him. They say he would have no better luck
Deadly trend of texting whilst driving. Good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The thanksgiving travel nightmare is gripping the east coast. Its complimenting one of the busiest travel dates. Those who were hoping to see loved ones were grippeded by a storm. Its a mix of snow, sleet, rain and winds. Severe conditions are causing havoc up and down the east coast. Winter warnings have been issued from georgia to ver mont. The storm grounded hundreds of flights in central u. S. And is threatening to do the same at the airports of new york, philadelphia and washington. Joining us is Randall Pinkston from la guardia. Miserable for those trying to get to their families. Everyone keeps their fingers crossed. If you leave early in the morning you have a better chance of an ontime takeoff. The arrival and departure boards are showing ontime. If you are travelling along the eastern sea board, into or out of, beware of weather. The winter storm barrelling east disrupted tra
Quite a decline for gold. We are just about one hour away giants,nings for tech amazon and google. The air is pregnant with expectations. A good way to put it. Google sold the Motorola Mobility unit. Here with us for the hour is atter isaacson, former ceo cnn, managing editor at time but he is also known for his biographies on steve jobs, and many others. He will tell us about the next book he is working on. Were also watching another piece of news we have talked about, Time Warner Cable reporting results. That was not the big news, but the big news is who is after them. It is turning into an epic takeover battle. The ceo Robert Marcus was talking about how he was sending over this takeover bid from charter communications. There are scale benefits associated with consolidating. We acquired insight several years ago and achieved meaningful synergies. You just not like the charter did bid . Company,ervalues our and it is significantly lower than the value we think we can create on our ow
Cuts push universities to the brink of collapse. Hello. The u. S. Forces have captured a Senior Member of the taliban. Laative mehsud. Reports in afghanistan says mehsud was in the custody of afternoon forces when he was detained. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in kabul trying to bridge differences with the Afghan Government. Here is a rather terse announcement of the capture. United states frses captured laative mehsud, dont have further details to share with you at this time. Considered second in command of the tarik taliban. The group is responsible for many attacks including the attempted bombing of times square in new york in 2010. Mehsud is a close confident of ttp hakimula mehsud. A trusted commander in the mehsud tribe which has led the Pakistani Taliban for quite some time. Jane ferguson, what have you learned . They captured him and he is in u. S. Custody here in afghanistan. Afghan forces are telling u. S. Media outlets that yes, there was a joint operation but Afgha
Taliban commander in afghan custody. And reconnecting with ancient past. Welcome to the show. A massive and powerful storm is expected to hit indias northeast coast in a few hours from now. The cyclone is so big that it covers most of the bay of bengal. Hundreds of thousands of people have already left their homes and all flights in the region have been cancelled. Storms this big are rare. Cyclone phailin covers most of the bay of bengal, has wind speeds almost as fast as a formula 1 race car. Damage will be very severe to very severe. Especially in the low lying areas, and of the inhabitants of the shore areas. Even before it makes landfall, phailin has caused flooding and cut electricity. The gate has fallen damaging electric wires and we are facing a lot of problems to work in this condition. The electricians have been working here since last night. Flights have been cancelled affecting thousands of passengers. Stock up on food and he other supplies. Phailin is the most powerful sto