Welcome to your world this morning, im stephanie sy im delters a ka del walters. A woman arrested, one person dead others injured. While a toddler was in the car, mowing down people in las vegas. Investigators say the woman swerved her car on to the busy strip 23 times, they are reviewing civilians video trying to figure out why this is happening. A chaotic scene after a driver crashed into a crowd. She was running over everybody. A female driver ran over dozens of people near of the paris casino hotel, planting hollywood, the venue for the Miss Universe penalingent. Like the group of people. And ran over three people. Children, families, what is going on. This is las vegas. This is christmas. Reporter witnesses say the driver steered on to the curb multiple times. It looked like she was not trying to stop the car. She had both of her hands on the wheel. Reporter investigators ruled out terrorism, but say the crash was done on purpose. Reporter police say a child was in the car. We kno
This is al jazeera america. Im del walters in new york. Were learning more about this Taliban Attack that killed at least six nato soldiers in afghanistan. It happened near kabul. A bomber on a motorbike attacking a joint u. S. Afghan patrol injuring anothe more. This is just a series of Taliban Attacks. What is the significance of this one . Well, dale, this comes as the pentagon has issued assessments in the turn of events in afghanistan, and on the heels of defense secretary ash carters recent visit to afghanistan last week. During that visit he noted the up tick in Taliban Attacks. And said that the u. S. Would stand steadfastly by afghanistan. Here is a little of what he said during that joint appearance last week. Taliban advances in some parts of the country even if only temporary underscore this is a tough fight, and it is far from over. It is also a dynamic fight. So, the taliban has been making advances in various parts of the country. Interestingly last week the pentagon iss
This is al jazeera america. Im del walters in new york. Six american troops now among the dead in that Taliban Attack in afghanistan it happened near the air base this morning that is just north of the capital city of kabul, a bomber on a motorbike attacking a joint u. S. Patrol injuring another three troops, two of which were american. Jamie mcintyre is live from the pentagon for us. What more can you tell us . Well, del, this attack coming just before the holidays, one of the deadliest days for u. S. Troops begins the u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan officially ended. U. S. Forces are not supposed to be assisting Afghan Forces in a front line combat role but this attack taking place near the air base where the bulk of u. S. Forces are stationed. It began u. S. Military official confirming with al jazeera that six of the dead are u. S. Soldiers. Two of the dead wounded are also americans, and it just under scores the fact that the taliban is continuing to be able to mount very dead
Struck and killed after jumping on top of three girls to shield them. Emotional moments in knoxville tennessee. After a teenage arager protects three teenager protect three girls from a gunman and who is protecting i. S. I. L. On the week ahead. We begin with the Spanish Parliament and reelections. Voters delivered a political quake. Giving strong support to two new political parties, inding spains traditional 2party system. Its not clear who will form the next government. One of the new parties is fighting corruption and austerity measure. It made a giant leap into parliament. Al jazeeras david chater reports from a victory rally in madrid. Here in the main rally in madrid after an extraordinary showing in the election of yes, we can. In fact, yes, we did. They have taken a large bite out of the parliamentary system, the socalled 2party system that has been controlling politics in spain for more than 30 years. This is a party that is less than two years old. It had come from zero to h
This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im stephanie sy. A young woman is behind bars this morning suspected of mowing down dozens of pedestrians on the las vegas trip. One person is dead, more than three dozen are injured, including six who were in critical condition. This happened with a toddler in the car. This morning, the suspect is undergoing alcohol and drug testing. We have more. A chaotic scene on the vegas strip after a driver crashed into the crowd. She was running over everybody. Police say a female driver ran over dozen was people near the paris hotel and planet hollywood, the venue for last nights Miss Universe pageant. This group of people here and just ran over about 30 people, children, families. It was like oh my god, whats going on, this is las vegas, this is christmas. Witnesses say the driver steered on to the curb multiple times. It looked like she wasnt even trying to stop the car. She had both hands on the wheel locking straightforward. Investigators