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>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. the search and rescue effort in washington intensifies. 14 people dead and more may be buried una mass pile of mud. president obama threatening more sanctions against russia if the stand-off against ukraine escalates. and base jumpers sneak into one world trade center and dive off the top.
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>> president obama is asking americans to send their thoughts an prayers to washington state after saturday's mudslide. 14 people have been killed and that number is expected to rise. rain is complicated efforts to find people missing. alaallen schauffler is in the nearby community. what can you tell us from the search effort there? >> reporter: we can tell that you it conditions an continues. fema will have a 70-person team out on the ground helping with the recovery effort and helping with logistics and the emergency management folks with the huge, huge job they have. things are really ramping up
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here. there have been questions whether this is a search and rescue operation or a recovery effort, they say that's a matter of semantics. no matter what you call t their work, their intensity, it will remain the same. >> yesterday i reported that we didn't find any signs of life. i'm saddened to tell you that that is the case again today from the night shift. the night shift basically produced the same results. the total fatality rate remains at 14, and we're expecting that number to go up throughout the day. >> so no update on that number, but as you heard they are expecting to get an update later on today, and we have a briefing coming up in a couple of hours, and we do expect to hear that more bodies have been found in that enormous mile debris
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square. >> which makes me wonder how the families are holding up? >> reporter: well, it's tough. this is an area that is numb right now, very much in shock. people are trying to maintain the chin-up attitude saying there is hope and miracles do happen in cases like this, but it is a grim scene lick this, and really amazing scene of destruction at the site of the huge landslide. we're just getting the first 911 calls that came in saturday morning. here is how somebody at the time described what was happening.
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>> very tough to listen to, to get an idea of that person's world coming apart. tough story. >> tough story, allen schauffler for us. jonathan betz in the area to give us a better understanding of exactly what happened here. jonathan. >> reporter: yes, the scale is quite large. it's a very small town north of seattle close to 200 people live there. right now searchers are focusing on 49 homes and buildings just east of the town of oso. many of these buildings are in the path of this landslide. a huge chunk of the mountain gave way, came down the
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hillside, across a river and into this neighborhood. it's called the steel head neighborhood. all that rock and debris spread across a highway and took out even more homes. this mudslide stretched over a mile from end to end, and the mud supply to 15 feet deep in some places. rescuers are now trying to find all of these structures now buried. it's not just homes but cabins, mobile homes, vacation properties. 14 people have been killed, including reportedly this woman, linda mcpherson. she lived in this house, reportedly her husband was seriously heard. 69 years old, she used to be the town librarian. dozens are missing, steve hadaway, who did not even live in this neighborhood. he was working on the satellite dish in a house. contractors, visitors, even people who were driving by.
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entire families are unaccounted for, including delaney webb and her if he yay san were visiting her grandparents and the four of them have not been heard from. authorities are so worried that they'll find more victim as soo. >> now we're at a place where we're seeing people who have been lost, and this makes it all the more heart wrenching. onnan bets. appreciate it. thank you. >> president obama wrapped up the nuclear summit in the netherlands but that meeting was overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. president obama is concerned that russia will move deeper in the country, and russia could face more sanctions if the stand-off escalates. mike viqueira reports from the haig. >> reporter: the president came to the netherlands for this two-day summit with the goal of unifying allies against russian moves in ukraine. he leaves with a promise and a
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vow to punish russia if it goes further, but no answers were forcing it out of crimea. a day after joining other leaders in a vow to impose heavy sanctions on russia if it escalates the crisis. president obama held out hope that russian troops will not invade. >> we oppose what appears to be an effort of intimidation. i don't think it's a done deal. >> reporter: but russia is in control of crimea, and mr. obama appeared pessimistic about the end of the takeover. >> i think it would be dishonest to suggest there is a simple solution to resolving what is already taken place in crimea. >> reporter: a new poll suggests that american public is wary about the involvement, when asked if they should get involved with the solution in ukraine, 61% said no, 32% said yes.
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in the 2012 campaign mitt romney called russia america's number one foe. a claim dismissed by mr. obama. republicans now cite the situation a. >> they do not pose the number one national security threat to the united states. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> reporter: and in what appeared to be a veiled swipe at putin, the president down played russia's stature on the world age. >> russia is a regional pow that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors not out of strength but out of weakness. >> reporter: and on wednesday the president goes to brussels, belgium for an e.u. summit for more talks with allies an and a
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major speech on ukraine. >> president obama said he wants to change the surveillance programs. he will ask congress the nsa's collection storage of phone records. edward snowden revealed the details that have program last year. >> reporter: thank you very much, good evening from the nation's capitol. if you thought there was anger over the level of nsa spying going on, it's even worse in europe where one commentator told me it's a free for all for american officials who wish to spy on foreigners overseas. here is president obama in the hague saying he wants an end to this bulk holding of telephone record information by the government. but he stressed today he needs congressional help if he is to do that, something which is thought to be in the congress'
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grasp right now because the issue is so raw for so many constituents. >> president barack obama. >> the president in the netherlands where reported nsa spying has come under harsh criticism as their records may be stored. the administration is trying to end the government's role in the bulk collection of phones so-called metadata while maintain as many tools to stopping terrorism as possible. >> overall i'm confident it allows us to do what is necessary to dole with th deal e dangers of terroristic attacks, i'm working with congress that we pass the enabling legislation quickly so we can get on with the business of effective law enforcement. >> the plan is for the nsa to
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end its systemic collection of data keeping the records inside the phone calls, the phones not required to retain it angle longer than they normally would. >> reporter: that's 18 months, a lot less than five years but gives the government access to two phone calls back for any number that comes up suspicious. >> reporter: they maintain specific records only with the permission of a judge using a new court order. civil liberties groups are giving a cautious welcome to the president's plans but worry it only covers phone records. >> he's taking a very important first step. he's deciding that the collection of american's phone records will stop and we'll go back to making court requests for specific accounts. this is a step in the right direction. the problem is this is just the tip of the iceberg. there are financial records out there, internet records and other sensitive data that they
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can get to through this bulk mass programs. this should really be the beginning of a conversation, not the end of it. >> reporter: obama said he needs congress on his side to end the bulk storing of phone records. in the house on tuesday signs the haggling is almost over on this issue. >> we're almost there with the white house. we have some things to work out, but in the end i think we all want the same thing. >> reporter: all of the reviews, i mean all of the reviews from the ig to congressional reviews to presidential review panels no one found misuse of that program. but again americans need to buy into this. >> reporter: congress inspired nsa reform plans circulating on the hill as well as the administration's, for now president obama has directed his team to extend the data trolling program for a further 90 days. >> reporter: yes, including leaving things exactly as they are. maintaining the status quo and
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the end of all spying lock, stock and barrel. the house intelligence committee that has a plan being discussed that would allow the nsa to spoken telephone records without prior judicial approval. the obama plan maintains judicial approval at all times. >> john terrett. thank you. ships and planes are returning to a remote area in the southern indian ocean to search for the missing malaysian flight 370. this comes as families show their anger. >> taking their anger to the streets these relatives of passengers on board flight 370 say malaysian officials deliberately concealed information, delayed research and resource. >> can the government understand? can the government understand how we feel if they understand
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our feelings. does the malaysian government understand us? they dare criticize us but look at what they've done. >> if the 154 of our relatives have lost their lives, the malaysian government, and the malaysian airlines are the executers. >> they feel that the malaysian government has shown very little report. and the way they were told that their loved ones were gone. some received text message in english from an unknown number. still others found out say they only found out through the media. chaos broke out soon after the announcement with relatives aiming their rage where they could. others needed medical attention. >> i want the journalists the information they sent, it's just
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not true. >> the chinese government is also not satisfied with the recent announcement. >> we are paying great attention to this, and we have asked malaysia to provide all the information and evidence that led to this conclusion. the search effort is continuing and we hope that malaysia and other countries will continue the search. >> reporter: as conclusive as malaysia say its findings r these protesters won't stop until they have more concrete proof such as debris. they say they won't rest until they get the answers to why. al jazeera, beijing. >> new fallout over a police-involved shooting in new mexico. officials want an independent investigation into the case of albuquerque police officers accused of using excessive force
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in a confrontation with a homeless man. heidi, the mayor of albuquerque had strong words for the police department over this shooting. some will say it's coming a bit late, but why is he speaking out now? >> well, tony, mayor richard berry is saying that the police chief was too quick in defending his officer's actions in this latest police shooting. he said that the shooting of james boyd cannot be declared justified until the investigation has been fully completed. now james boyd was killed about two weeks ago and his killing was captured on police cameras. we'll show you that video. we want to warn you that it is graphic. you'll see 38-year-old james boyd on the hills arguing with officers who are there to arrest him for illegal camping. at one point it appeared that boyd is about to comply. he'll walk down with the officers, but then as you see
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here officers throw a flash at the disorienting device at boyd's feet. he reaches for two knives and that's when those fatal shots were fired, six rounds total, and boyd died the next day in the hospital. many in albuquerque say they've seen the video and are outraged they call excessive force used by the police department. 23 people since 2010 have been killed by albuquerque police. sthere have been task force who looked into this allegation. >> this didn't happen in a vacuum. this did not happen in a have a couple. no one has ever said to police officers, stop. >> reporter: now there will be a community rally hell here in
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front of the police department headquarters. we're told it will be a peaceful rally but with members of the albuquerque community trying to convince police this is an issue. the department of justice has been looking at this department now for a year and a half. and tomorrow they'll be meeting with activists and with family members of those killed by the police force. >> heidi zhou castro in new mexico, thank you. an incredible video of three men base jumping off one world trade 105 floors up. but what about the security lapse that let them pull off this stunt. and the law that will allow gun owners to carry loaded guns in school and airport among other places.
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>> welcome back everyone to al jazeera america. the new york police department say they have arrested four people in connection with the
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september parachute jump off the top of one world trade center. we have more on this amazing video. >> reporter: the skyscraper security is supposed to be tight. we now know that last fall parachuters snuck in easily, road the elevator to the top undetected and jumped. it's one world trade center, the tallest building in the western hem fear like never seen before. by a helmet camera worn by one of three sky divers. this video posted to youtube is breathtaking. james brady first waits for one of his companions to jump, and then brady also mut plummets tos the street. the daredevil soon pulls the cord on his pair chute pro fighting an unique perspective on the skyscraperre skyscraperse
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towers nearby. he ends just short of the stop line and it's overhanging wires. it prompted a police investigation. brady, andrew, and mark and look out kyle were charged with burglary, reckless engine dangerment and jumping from a structure. this were araised and remained on $135,000 bail. the men entered the building by slipping through a hole in the fence. a security guard saw the end of the jump and called his. the investigators eventually tracked the cars spotted on surveillance video near the site. the incident is just the latest embarrassment for the world trade center security operation. over the weekend a new jersey teenager slipped under a fence,
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slimed satisfclimbed all the wae scaffolding and went all the way up to the tower where he tweeted about his caper. >> building officials blame the security lapse on the fact that the skyscraper is still something of a construction zone. it will not open for tenants, tony, until the fall. >> button that up, david shuster, thanks. >> the latest number showing signs the recovery in the housing market may be losing a bit of steam here. ali velshi joins us now. good to see you. what do you see in the numbers here? >> reporter: how do you make sense of this? the housing market is up 13.2%. where do i get off saying that the housing market is losing steam? because i like to look at things
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year over year. but if you look at it month over month you see drops in that. until january you saw prices fail in january for the third month running. part of this is the weather. the crazy weather that is partly to blame for the slowdown. we saw four of the price drops. they were all less than a percent. february's weather is also rough, and we saw that in the new home sales number. new home sales fell 3.3%. if you're comparing to a year ago we're still way up. we're probably still going to go higher but something is going on and slowing down a little bit. >> al ali is the slowdown in prices is necessarily a bad thing for the economy? >> reporter: hard to know because we're seeing a slow down in prices and a slight creeping up of interest rates. that's actually lower than it was in january. it was 4.5%. historically very low but if
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you, if you're not buying a house because you're worried about interest rates. if you pay four and three-quarters for a mortgage versus 4.3 over the 03 years that you hold that house it will cost more in interest. but theoretically if home prices slow down then we don't get in a situation where we were in 2005 and 2006 where regular middle class families could not afford to buy a house. we want to make sure that we don't price people out. the gain in the year is pretty good, but i talked to bob schiller, the schiller report. 's nobel prize winning economist. he said the house is only an investment if you're going live in it. >> you're kidding. >> you didn't tell me that my tie is crooked. >> well, it looks now. >> good thing this is not life tv or anything. >> that's now. what else are you and that terrific team is loading up, you
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know the team that tells you when your tie is crooked? >> yes, there is an interesting story. there was that building that collapsed in new york because of natural gas explosion. we're going to talk about natural gas and the pipes running underneath houses and buildings across the country. >> ali. good to see you, we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> all right. >> mark zuckerberg is going virtual. he's send spending $2 billion, that is behind the company that has yet to be released head set for gamers. facebook said the technology is in the media space. it comes a month after zuckerberg snapped up messaging start up service. the east coast is bracing for snow from a new winter storm. kevin is here with a look that we can expect here. >> reporter: it's snowing in
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washington. two inches of snow there. the cherry blossoms have snow on them. >> oh. >> meteorologist: this is the strongest nor'easter of 2014. let's talk about who will be affected by this storm. in some areas of virginia we saw six inches of snow. now for the northeast what we think is going to happen it's really going to be those outer areas such as cape cod, parts of maine that are going to see the majority of the snow. but the storm looks like this. let's take a look at the outlook as we go from this evening. here is the storm off the coast. it would have been worse if the storm was more inland. i'll put this in motion. the biggest problem with this storm is going to be the winds. you see those lines here. we're going to be seeing stronger winds by tomorrow morning. cape cod is going to be seeing tropical storm-hurrican-force winds. we'll see that going into maine
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and nova scotia. and we'll see major flooding along the coastal regions. it's not so much a snow event but wind and flooding events along the coast. >> it's not over until it's over. >> two american missionaries fled south sudan to help nine orphans to make it with safety. now they've been reunited with those children. that's next. and the supreme court debates whether private businesses can refuse to provide contraceptives to employees. we're bang in a moment. blank
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>> the u.s. supreme court heard arguments build companies should be required to provide
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contraception even if it goes against their religious beliefs. >> reporter: the case centers whether private for-profit corporations have the same religious protections that religions do. hobby lobby said they're religious in nature and they should not have to cover contraception for their employs. the kinds of contraceptions they're talking about are i.u.d.s and the "morning-after pill." the companies say they are morally and religiously opposed to them. >> we didn't choose this fight. our families would have been happy to just continue providing good jobs and generous healthcare benefits. but the government forced our
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hand. we hope and pray that the supreme court will uphold the religious freedoms of all americans even as they go about making a living. >> on the other side of the case the obama administration which says that companies can't pick and choose what healthcare to give to their employees. women's groups out protesting today on the steps of supreme court. >> the right to make their own decision about their healthcare and birth control and it's not their boss' decision. >> the majority of the justices did seem potentially open to limiting the contraception mandate when it comes to companies claiming religious protection. it was pointed out during the argument that the obama administration has allowed for some exemptions. regarding this contraception mandate for churches or religious non-profit. >> with us is reverend barry
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lind. reverend, it's good to be with you. thank you for your time. >> nice to be here. >> let me start off with a little back story from you on this. i suspect many would be curious to know how it is that you as a pastor are here arguing for the separation of church and state, not that there aren't other pastors that believe as you do. >> sure. >> but explain why you believe in that particular constitutional principle. >> yes, i think one of the reasons it's so important is because it preserves the integrity of the government, the government doesn't get in the business of telling churches and pastors and individual practitioners exactly what they need to do. on the other hand it also means that the church is not supposed to be writing the rules, crafting the laws that everyone needs to abide. in this country we have 2,000
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different religions. we all try to live harmoniously, and the rights of religion are to be protected until they start to hit up against the rights of someone else. that's what is happening here. here is a for-profit company that makes arts and craft supplies and another one that makes wood products that says our corporation all of a sudden has a right to claim religious freedom even if that violates the conscience of our thousands of women employees. that just doesn't watch in a democracy. >> reverend, what about the language that says if a law emposes a substantial burden on the free exercise of religion, it has to meet a high threshold to justify that law. you know how the rest of it goes. >> that's right. this is a law called religious freedom restoration act. i was one of the people who helped to write it. it has nothing to do with this fact situation. this was designed, for example, to allow a muslim firefighter to
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grow a beard even if there was a no-hair-on-your-face rule in a fire department. it has to do to protect individuals in a minority religious group who might b trampled. this is an insurance policy which covers thousands of medical procedures, devices and drugs, including a couple that we don't like. the government says correctly you can't operate a comprehensive healthcare system if everybody can opt out based on a religious belief. that simply doesn't work. and it says what about those women, what about the women who have to pay $1,000 for an i.u.d. to prevent pregnancy, something that is vastly more effective than the pill or some other methods that are used. >> reverend, i'm curious.
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i may be supporting your argument with the question, but i'm still curious, is the justice department correct in saying that government would virtually stop if companies stoped using religious reasons to opt out of laws. >> we would not have a democracy but anarchy based on everyone's very religious beliefs. let's say there are civil rights laws that protect people's rights on the basis of race. but as late as 1960, i'm sorry to say this as a christian minister myself, but there were christian pastors arguing against integrating schools and quoting, believe it or not, the book of genesis and god separated the light and the darkness. they may have believed that, but you can't use views like that to trump federal laws, not on
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healthcare, civil rights or on equal pay. this is really what justice anthony scalia said in another case involving religion would be close to anarchy. he didn't sound like he thought this was close to anarchy today, but it is. it is allowing individuals with religious objections to nullify law. that you can't have. >> reverend, i think i know how you feel about this. reverend barry lynn. joining us from washington, reverend, thank you. >> two american missionaries are back to the united states after fleeing the war-torn african nation of south sudan. before they left they were reunited with nine orphans who from under their care. those children are now safe in an undisclosed location. we've been following brad and kim's harrowing journey.
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it is a complicated back story, roxana. >> reporter: iit is a complicatd backs story. they could have left south sudan months ago after the fighting broke out in december, but they chose to stay because of the orphans they promised to care for. the video from happier times. brad and his wife kim in south sudan with orphans who lost their parents to conflict and illness. a year before the campbells sold everything they owned and moved here to set up an orphanage with their two american daughters. but fighting broke out pitting armed factions against each other struggling for political power. one morning the campbells got caught in the cross fire hiding in the home under their beds from the fire fight of artillery and gunfire.
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they survived that morning but left that afternoon. >> we waited it out and made the decision to go to the u.n. compound because the fighting was on our door step. >> we gathered everyone together, we gathered a few things to carry, and we left the house. >> they took ten of the orphans with them and settled into a camp. eventually running out of options the campbells made the hard decision to leave the orphans behind. they made it to kenya and began to search for ways to get the kids out. >> for the surrounding area there has been no way for anyone to get in touch, and so we would have been just sitting there waiting it out without e-mail, without phones, without any way to move ahead with things. >> reporter: earlier this month they arranged for the children to be moved to a safe undisclosed location where they were reunited. >> they are the lucky ones. thousands have died in this
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conflict, and 700 others were forced from their homes. the campbells say they were reunited with nine of the ten orphans. the tenth one ran off. >> thank you. i spoke to brad and kim campbell. they took me back to that moment when they reunited with those nine orphans. >> my wife and i were there, our daughters were with us, and we're standing on the street in the dark, and we heard one of the children--we heard a familiar voice our daughter's name. he shouted, and he literally leapt out of the moving vehicle. katie said that she--that this young man just about knocked the wind out of her by hugging her. he just about tackled her. there was screaming, shouting, crying. the driver stopped and the car emptied out of children, and they surrounded us.
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the next car came which also emptied out in the street, and there was just a mob of people hugging and crying and shouting, and it was just-- >> do you know how ticked off i am at both of you for not having pictures that have moment? that's an incredible story. but i need video, and i need the pictures. one last question before i let you two go. >> i'm so sorry. >> not as sorry as i am. one last question before i let you go. you have said, both of you have said on a number of questions during this other deal that you didn't want to leave the country without the children. you're in nebraska without the children. can i assume that something is being worked out for them through the offices of the u.n. maybe the us embassy, talk to me about what is going on on their behalf righ right now. >> on their behalf we've been
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working with our partners here in the u.s. like we mentioned they're in a safe place, and our staff member member simon gotlos the hero. he made quite a journey to get the children in a safe location. they got a house. they've got beds. they've got food. we came back here to move forward and to raise up support and to raise up help, and to begin the mission glen our thanks to missionaries brad and kim campbell for that. in afghanistan nine senior employees from the security company guarding the hotel are being detained for negligence. security cameras show gunmen smuggled weapons past security during last week's attack that killed nine people. pre-election violence has police on edge.
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the taliban suicide-bomber and two gunmen launched an attack on an election office in kabul. the taliban has vowed to disrupt national elections set for april 5th. in kuwait leaders are holding their annual meeting and discussing the issues fating the region and that is syria. the syrian seat remained empty because they could not grow on who should represent the country. they said leaving the seat empty gives tacit approval. the governor of georgia is deciding whether to approve the law that would allow gun owners to carry loaded weapons into bars, schools, churches, airports it has broad bipartisan support in the state legislature. robert, if you would, give us the breakdown on what exactly
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this bill, this bill would allow. >> tony, good evening, you can see behind me a beautiful church. one of the things in this bill that would allow if the governor does decide to sign this into passage, is it will allow loaded weapons into churches all across georgia if the church congregation decides votes or comes together to decide that is okay. also in this bill those people who would like to walk into a bar with a loaded gun they can do that, although they're not supposed to drink. the same thing goes for restaurant. schools, loaded guns will be allowed in schools, but school officials will designate certain officials or teachers to carry the guns loaded guns so that if, indeed, an intruder or attacker comes into the school that they can defend the students and staff properly. also guns will be allowed into airports, jackson international
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airport confiscated more guns firearm in all of the country in 2013. people can walk around in public places with a loaded weapon. although in they get near a tsa entrance they will be fined. not arrested. we spoke to one of the architects of this bill, republican representative rick jasperous. he told us he did not think that this would make georgia any less dangerous than it already is. >> absolutely not true. because the people who have this license, they're good georgians. they're law abiding people, they're people who follow the rules generally, and they do the right thing. this constitutional thing that allows them to defend themselves as they need to. the bad guys, remember, they don't care. they don't care what the law says. this is good georgians the
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ability to defend themselves. >> there is opposition to this bill clearly. the police cleave association, they've opposed it. we've talk to a gentleman, a representative dave wilkerson who voted no on this. here's what he told us. >> i voted no. along with many other members in the house who are concerned with adding the number of places where we can carry guns. definitely schools as parent of an elementary school child and middle school child if you start arming teachers, are they protecting the student in the class or do they go after the perpetrator in the building. >> reporter: a lot of people are concerned about the stand your ground law, if this will allow folks who have loaded weapons and the permits to be a little trigger happy. although this is a sweeping bill this is not a bill that is brand new in the united states. there are other states, three
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states that allow loaded guns in churches and many other different items. this is not new. the state of ohio looking at a potential bill similar to this. >> robert ray in atlanta. a new report details a fatal police shooting linked to the boston marathon bombers. maria has more on that and other stories from across america. >> reporter: in florida prosecutors released a report, they requested a man about hi mr uniteman, who saidthat the shoof protection. more than 100 ships had been waiting on either side of the
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channel to pass through as much as 170,000 gallons of oil spilled into the water way after a barge collided with a ship on saturday. no. new york a jury has ended deliberations for the day in the case of sulaiman abu ghaith. he is charged with conspiring to kill americans in closing arguments yesterday prosecutors urged jurors to find him guilty of supporting al-qaeda. defense attorney said he only acted as a spokesman and religious instructor. if convicted gaith faces life in president. a commuter train was traveling at normal 25 mph speeds when it crashed yesterday. an automatic emergency braking system was activated but failed to stop the plane. 30 people had minor injuries. the union representing the train operators say fatigue may have played a role in the crash. and washington monument will reopen to visitors on may
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12th after being closed for nearly three years. the tourist attraction had to undergo repairs after an earthquake in 2011. workers repaired more than 150 cracks in stone structure. some of the hours will be extended from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and people will be able to take the elevator 500 feet up. >> people will be able to get there if it ever warms up in northeast corridor. the redskins setting up a new foundation to help native americans. but some say it's just a bribe so they won't protest the team's name. >> al jazeera america.
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there's more to it. >> washington redskins are starting a foundation t after
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controversy over the team's name. michael yves is here with more on this. >> snyder announced creation of the original americans foundation to address issues plaguing the native american community. he started the foundation as a result of a listening tour he conducted last fall by visiting 100 native american tribes. in a letter he states, quote: sn has donated jackets, basketball
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shoes and construction equipment to various tribes from requests they have had. >> i wonder what has been the reaction--we've heard about the controversy, and some of the tribe leaders are dead set against this, they want the name changed. what is the reaction to the creation of this foundation. >> the same one who is want to remove the term red skin from the team's name has been critical of this foundation. they said, quote: now, not onlye the name, but the foundation contains the name red skin in the name of it. some people say that's good over here but you need to address the larger issue, which is imagery. >> right, right, michael,
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appreciate it. let's see what social media are saying about this. many are sounding off on this new foundation. marie is back with that. >> reporter: as soon as dan snyder's announcement came out, people went out on facebook and activity for write what they thought about it, including th t they see it as a bribe, a pr stunt. many are putting up these self selfies. she's got the $10 bill over her mouth. and shawna writes, you can't write your way out of bigotry.
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my sisters are not for sale. #not 4 sale. now many fans want to keep the name, and some said keep the name. it's a classic to everyone who gets offended find something else to overreact about. on their facebook page they put up this picture of dan snyder when the he put up this announcement. one writes, i'm native american and i don't think its disrespe disrespecttive, washington redskins. i love they're going around to our reservations. >> maria, what's your twitter hand. >> if you want to follow any of these links just go there. >> an architect who build temperaturtemporary shelter outf architect tubes was named the winner of the pritsker prize.
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