Its hard. Thats from president obama. [ crowd boos] this man has done such a bad job and for him to say that is a great compliment. Your arer lucky i didnt run last time when romney ran oneterm president. But he soon turned his attention to fellow republican, ted cruz. Ted cruz who i think is totally unfit be to president , but these are minor details. Meanwhile in columbiaia south carolina, cruz had his own take on the job. You know, pple will be forgiven this lection season for thinking at times it seems like a bit of a circus. The time forames is over. We need a leader whos prepared to be commander in chief. When radical islamic terrorists wage jihad on the United States of america, the answer is not to tweet insults at them. And cruz pked up two big indorsements, kansas congressman tim, the medal of honor recipient recipient. Veterans makeup over 12 of the population there. And for the democrats, both are fighting hard for the africanamerican vote. Hillary clinton is aheadad of Ver
This is Aljazeera America and im morgan radford. For the first time in 17 years, the u. S. Government is closed for business this morning. The clock that just yesterday counted down to a midnight deadline is now counting up, tallying the number of hours the government has been shut. So far, seven hours and still counting. Republicans in the house and democrats in the senate couldnt agree on a temporary budget to keep thins running. Theyre not expected back on the hill until a few hours from now. Federal agencies have already started shutting down. Harry reid placed the blame squarely on the tea partys shoulderrers. It is embarrassing that these people, who are elected to represent the country are representing the tea party, the anarchists of the country and that the majority of the republicans of house are following every step of the way. This is an unnecessary blow to america. Earlier on monday night, president obama called the hundred speaker of the house john boehner to ask him to p
Allies, it is what we stand for. Also on the programme prosecutors in new york make their rape case against Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. They say he was a hollywood power broker who was no match for his female accusers. Chilli with a chance of a qantas. Unseasonably cold weather in florida means reptiles are falling out of trees frozen stiff. Hello, and welcome. Im katty kay in washington, and Christian Fraser is in london. The big names are all in davos this week, an annual gathering where they swap ideas, exchange cards, agree to talk further about future plans. So, imagine at a similar Business Forum you meet the crown prince of saudi arabia. Even for a tech giant like jeff bezos of amazon and the Washington Post, you might be flattered. But what he cant possibly have envisaged when he handed the crown prince his phone number, that it would later be used to hack his smartphone. That is the extraordinary allegation from the un, whose investigation into the death of the washington
Lingers. If this were not a Police Person we would expect the indictment to be a forthcoming. A lot of eyes on that local community. This community has no confidence in that individual. Calls for it to be handed to a special prosecutor. Someone disconnected from the facts of the case. Governor nixon saying he is not going to do that. He has experience, he has office that the people heave have elected them. Its the wrong person at the wrong time. Justice for Michael Brown jr. The parents and relatives of Michael Brown laid their 18yearold to rest. Michael was a bigwig guy. But he was a kind, gentle soul. This is not just about grieving. His death is not in vain. Were about to turn this moment into a movement. Its time to deal with policing. We cant stop fighting, we cant stop seeking justice. We have had enough of the senseless killing. We have had enough of it. It has been 17 days now since 18yearold Michael Brown was shot and killed by ferguson, missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson.
A lot of eyes on that local community. This community has no confidence in that individual. Calls for it to be handed to a special prosecutor. Someone disconnected from the facts of the case. Governor nixon saying he is not going to do that. He has experience, he has office that the people heave have elected them. Its the wrong person at the wrong time. Justice for Michael Brown jr. The parents and relatives of Michael Brown laid their 18yearold to rest. Michael was a bigwig guy. But he was a kind, gentle soul. This is not just about grieving. His death is not in vain. Were about to turn this moment into a movement. Its time to deal with policing. We cant stop fighting, we cant stop seeking justice. We have had enough of the senseless killing. We have had enough of it. It has been 17 days now since 18yearold Michael Brown was shot and killed by ferguson, missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson. While we still dont know what officer wilson says happened in that shooting, we are learning