A couple of days ago changes them is mind them will march with the protesters and people are considering this the biggest threat to the implementation of the peace stealing. All right still ahead on a period of mourning in tunisia as the country swears in an interim leader after the death of its 1st democratically elected president. The high cost of medicines is sending diabetics in the u. S. Across the border into canada to buy drugs and travel with one of the socalled insulin caravans. Notes about weather picture across central and eastern as a china you can see thats where weve got some icy clear skies out towards the west and that is where the cloud continues to go. And continues to bring some very heavy downpours not to but they say the 135 degrees and clearing in that rain fears being fairly prolonged for the last few days a cloudy day in hong kong with a high of 35 and maybe a shower into shanghai with 34 degrees celsius warming up for you certainly on sunday but it should be a
People are using the trackers theres other headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story keep it or. Aljazeera. In for you. Were saudi princes detained in an anticorruption drive some have been released after deals with the government of which mohamed been so much is a key figure the crown prince has ambitious plans for his country so was the crackdown only about money and what comes next this is inside story. Thank you. Thanks will hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey its said that money means power but despite their riches several saudi princes and businessmen were locked up in the capital riyadh for months albeit in a five star hotel they were arrested for alleged corruption and have been released over the past few days after giving into certain demands guitar guests and a moment but first on the hawks are reports on the latest high profile detainee to be free prince i will leave until all. Just hours before billionaire saudi prince and waleed bin a
This is al jazeera live from new york city. Voting in the first president ial primary. It is now underway. Polls have been open for several hours now. Votes have already been tallied in a few small towns. Nine people voted there giving Bernie Sanders and john kasich early wins. New hampshire says the vote will likely top the high mark set in 2008. Al jazeera joins us now from manchester, New Hampshire, so mike, how unpredictable is this primary . Number one the polls are notoriously unreliable. There are so many changes in voter behavior, even the way they contract voters and number two efforts almost become a stereotype. With an independent streak, not making up their mind, and to the last minute, and there are indications that there is plenty of significant number of voter whose are undecided. Perhaps until they enter the voting booth and press the lever. If the prevoting polled are to be believed, donald trump will run away with this thing, and likely Bernie Sanders. And the last ho
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. General motors has agreed to pay 900 million to end a criminal probe, into how it handled deadly defects in some of its vehicles. G. M. s defective ignition switches are linked to at least 124 deaths. The company knew about the problem, for a decade. Before it should bees any recalls. Now the settlement end as two year investigation, and ensures that no individual g. M. Employee will be criminally prosecuted. B. C. Has more from detroit. The settlement ends a long investigation by the federal government. General motors has admitted to miss leading the public, and now it is faced with paying a 900 million penalty. If you recall, g. M. Recalled more than 2 million vehicles because of antic in addition switch defect. The auto maker has linked it to 100 deaths. It was revealed last year, that g. M. Knew about the problem for more than a decade, and did nothing. G. M. Says it could be forced to pay more than 600 million to victims. No empl
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Tens of thousands of minimum wage workers are walking off the job today across this country, and all over the world. Fastfood workers are among the many on strike. Protesters want 15 an hour that is more than double the current federal minimum wage. Organizers for the rallies are determined to make an impact with todays show of force. Already were seeing demonstrations nationwide including in front of this philadelphia mcdonalds. There is this scene in Brooklyn New York and the movement has been very active in cyberspace too, all of this in an effort to raise the current minimum wage to 15 per hour across the country. Many business groups oppose any rise in the minimum wage. They say such a move will force employers to cut back on jobs employee hours or both. Last week this was said 21 states have raised their minimum wage for 2015 but none meet the 10. 10 an hour federal minimum wage president obama has been calling