while congress spent much of the last few years actively sometimeying the economy, the if he had has replaced it as the adult in the room. game. he stepped up. for that, he deserves the nation's gratitude. >> that's our show for today. i am ali velshi. thanks for joining us.

while congress spent much of the last few years actively sometimeying the economy, the if he had has replaced it as the adult in the room. game. he stepped up. for that, he deserves the nation's gratitude. >> that's our show for today. i am ali velshi. thanks for joining us. ♪ ♪ >>> this is al jazerra america, live from new york city. i am jonathan betz w a look at today's top stories. 10s of thousands of refugees are fleeing their homes in south sudan. the state department says u.s. citizens have now been safely evacuated. and the u.s. special envoy is meeting with government official to his help end that conflict. thousands of people are back in the streets of kiev protesting the ukraine government's rejection of a pact with the european union, they are did he panting the president resign over his decision to snub the e.u. in favor of closer ties with russia. former russian oil tycoon spoke out in a news conference in berlin i remember earlierful he promise today help free political prisoners in r

while congress spent much of the last few years actively sometimeying the economy, the if he had has replaced it as the adult in the room. ben bernanke was late to the game. he stepped up. for that, he deserves the nation's gratitude. >> that's our show for today. i am ali velshi. thanks for joining us. >> hello, i'm richard gizbert and you're at the ifn hadding post, divided loyalties no. ukraine, and people covering the media there. not so fast. ratings go through if roof. north koreans formally scrub kim

it has held us sometimeyed in so many ways. this issue of gridlock and how long must we remain in this quarrel without making a lot of progress. why have americans been so divided on these issues? i think it's because of larger structures that underlie our civilization and that we rarely talk about. the premodern era was governed systems that -- it wasn't feminism but capitalism that overthrew it, disrupting father dominated productive households and sweeping men and later women into paid labor. we're still in a transition away from it and into a world of rapid change that conservatives cannot fault anymore than liberals can. the political question is how can we find ways of living modern lives that offer the most benefit to all americans of all classes and races. this is where i am often puzzled by conservative rhetoric on the concept of privacy and choice. the state does not force a woman to divorce, to use contraception, to be a lesbian, or to have an abortion but leaves this to her individual conscience where the law's allo