because they are from aljazeera, many of the officials will say that journalists from aljazeera or journalistsrom iran or from which have country will come were always there for a particular agenda. they just want one dialogue. they just want one particular narrative and every egyptian should always follow this narrative. another voice, another different voice will always be unacceptable. >> even today, one of the stories on the first page is the minister of endowments in egypt asking that aljazeera should be put on a list of institutions that support terrorism. aljazeera has been so thoroughly demonized that everything will be dealt with through a security perspective rather than freedom of expression perspective. >> the attitude toward aljazeera in particular is very toxic and have been for months now. aljazeera is rewarded as an ally have the muslim brotherhood, however, it must be noted that the head of the journalist syndicate was very active in defending the three aljazeera journalists who are currently incarcerated on trial and has worked with international correspondents to improve pri

more on aljazeera america.t took nature thousands of years to create the louisiana wetlands, but in the course of 70 years, they're starting to go away and disappearing. it's part of climate sos. and a zoo gets a makeover. the price tag in just a moment. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines at this hour. the president will be in austin, texas today, attending a civil rights summit at the lbj presidential library, marking the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act of course the president is delivering the keynote address this afternoon! >> one of the victims of the high school stabbing is speaking out. one of the victims is disappointed with the suspect, alex rhibal. the investigators for the malaysian 370 are narrowing the search. it's now ten times smaller than it was before senate. >> in our continuing series, climate sos. we look at louisiana and the fragile coast that has been disappearing for decades. part of the refine is negligence on the part of the oil and g

malcolm web, aljazeera. >> coming up on aljazeera america, we switch gears. a statue of marilyn monroe has to go. and what's being done with it. >> welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy, and here are the headlines at this hour. four people are dead after a shooting at fort hood army base in texas. an iraq war veteran sought treatment for depression and anxiety. we'll bring it to you live when it happens. and the senate intelligence committee is expected to vote on interrogation tack wicks of terror suspects during the bush administration. >>> chile has been hit again by a huge aftershock. powerful 7.6 quake struck off of the coast of northern chile, triggering a tsunami alert in chile and peru. so far there have been no reports of deaths or injuries from the aftershock. >>> the death toll of the landslide has reached 30. they are having trouble identifying at least one of the confirmed dead. >> the storm watch today, the severe weather here is pushing to the east in arkansas and missouri. a tornado watch already issued in the last 30 minutes. se

aljazeera. >> the u.n.ecurity council is supposed to be deciding about sending troops out by september. what would their mandate be by that point when according to most accounts, muslims have mostly been ethnically cleansed from the area? >> well, the mandate that the security council is expected to vote on later this day is actually quite broad and sweeping and evolving, but the primary goal is protection of civilians. that means protecting humanitarian operations and protecting government institutions, as well as directly protecting civilians who may be in harm's way. there's also a very unique law and order component to this mandate, something that peace keeping hasn't done in the past, they are actually authorized to once this resolution passes, their actually although raised to act as police officers on the ground there. this was at the request of the transitional government in the central african republic. because there are really no functioning government institutions at this time, there is no law an

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. >> good morning, welcome to aljazeera america i'm stephanie sy. vice president joe biden met with lawmakers in kiev, including the country's acting prime minister. biden announced $50 million in political and economic aid, including $11 million for the countries elections to be held next month. he made it clear the u.s. is a strong ally to ukraine. >> we are not suggesting we have the answers for you, but we're merely suggest that go we stand ready to stand with you in every endeavor that you are undertake to generate the united prosperous and coherent ukraine you're all fighting for. >> mr. biden's visit comes amid a breakdown in last week's geneva agreement. pro russian rebels have refused to disarm and have taken control of more government buildings in eastern ukraine. the u.s. pointed to more sanctions against russia with proof that russia has moved into eastern cities. the interim prime minister yatsenyuk is speaking. we'll monitor that for any new information, joe biden also addressing the media in that event. stay with aljazeera for continu

aljazeera, baja, california, mexico. >> stay with us here on aljazeera america. we've got another full bulletin of news for you straight ahead. google and the world brain >> it would be the worlds greatest library, under one digital roof. but at what cost? >> google could hold the whole word hostage... google and the world brain only on aljazeera ameria >> good morning to you. welcome to to aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm morgan radford ford with a look at today's top stories. a month old search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370. signals may be coming from that plane's blotch bathroom. >> afghanistan started counting the 7 million votes cast in jed's elections. turnout was high despite the taliban. >> defense secretary chuck hagel is touring asia. >> reassure u.s. allies of support, telling his japanese counterpart the u.s. will send the country two war ships to counter threats from north

aljazeera. >> aljazeera is demanding the immediate release of three of its journalists who have now been in prison for 96 days. the trial has been adjourned until april 10. they are accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood. a four journalist has been detained without trial since last august. he's been on hunger strike for the last three months. aljazeera rejects all the charges. >> chili has been hit by another powerful quake, the magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck a coastal city on wednesday. it forced many including the president to seek refuge. we have this report. >> the familiar siren, an order to move to high ground answered within seconds after of the most powerful and frightening after shock since tuesday night's earthquake. here in the port city, hundreds of thousands of residents left their homes clearly prepared, walking, sometimes running nervously, but a remarkable order, a routine that has become too routine. >> i've never been frightened of earthquakes, they're common, but never like this. the 75-year-old who broke her arm when she fell during tuesda

thank you very much for being on aljazeera. a lot of confusion about the fate of these school girls. can you tell us first if they have been rescued or not. >> thank you very much. yes, fortunately, we have that incident in burma state, 121 students were abducted. 129 were abducted, but 121 were rescued by the military, and other security personnel that operated in that area. eight are still missing, but the government is doing everything possible to make sure that the remaining eight girls are rescued and also brought back. this is confirmed by the governor of the state, and we are working with the state, the governor is working the government is working through the military to make sure other -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you, just to clarify. you say 121 school girls have been rescued by the military, but the school principal said the vast majority of the girls are still missing, their parents say that many of them are still missing. you know, with no civil rights organization or media allowed to report in that area, it's ver

mike viqueira, aljazeera, white house. >> the u.n. says that torture for those who did not support secession. and a reporter for the kiev post, the first person to report from kiev. he said that free speech is underfire in crimea and eastern ukraine. >> right now in eastern ukraine, even foreign journalists are harassed and sometimes attacked, but the situation for locally independent journalists from the ukraine, who tried to cover the situation independently and unbiased, and they are facing with the harassment and life threats on a daily basis unfortunately. just today, you know, i heard two stories. one from my colleagues, one from my colleague from german media, and he -- you know, he heard from the local sector, that there is kind of an arrest order for him and another story from my ukrainian colleague. he was threatened with violence from protesters, and they said to him, if you are ukrainian journalist, and basically, we don't want you to be here. tensions are really high in that region right now, so it's some kind of threats,

aljazeera cannot independently verify the video. the government acknowledges a man was shot and killed but is not saying who shot him. the day after the riots, refugees showed us bullet cases and tear gas canisters used to disperse the riots. >> the police opened fire. i've seen it with my own eyes, more than 50 attacked us. why are they talking us? we escaped from bashar al assad. >> they sent tents and trailers on fire, damaging several homes as well as public property. the jordan government said 99 riot policemen were injured when refugees attacked them. the riot police detained three men who attempted smuggle bags into the camp. >> some of where the syrian tried to enter the camp from the road, so they stopped them. they tried to screen the luggage that they had, but unfortunately, these persons started shouseing for the others, and asked them, the others, to attack the patrol. >> around the 120,000 sir jens in the camp live in harsh conditions, while the authorities are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain law and orde

aljazeera. >> meanwhile, the trial of our colleagues, three aljazeera journalists detained in egypt set this weekend. they've been in jail for 121 days. they all have been charged with providing a platform for the muslim brotherhood, now labeled a terrorist organization by the egyptian government. aljazeera denies the charges and continues to call for their immediate release with that. >>en exodus is taking place in a country torn apart by religious violence for months, peacekeepers are escorting the last remaining muslims out of the capitol city. thousands have been trapped in neighborhoods by rival christian groups. they were escorted to safety. fighting between muslim and christian groups forced nearly a quarter of the countries 4.5 million people from their home since last year. >> in neighboring south sudan, the government and rebels are getting ready for another round of peace talks. the government recently released rebel leaders detained for the past four months. they're freedom was one of the rebel's main demands during previous peace talks. the president said it was a price of

we want to thank each and every one of you for watching aljazeera america.'m del walters, and "inside story" is next. you can check us out 24 hours day day by going to aljazeera.com. >> new york's police had a special detail that kept an eye on the city's muslim communities trying to foil the next terrorist attacks faced with complaints and controversy the city has dropped the policy. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. in 1993 and then again in 2001 muslim immigra

carol mall open, aljazeera. >> bird dog could be coming home soon. he was the afghan soldier captured in 2009. he reached out directly to the u.s. government. he may be exchanged for five detainees being held at guantanamo bay. >>bay. >> while the wait for the families of those killed in the south korea ferry accident appeared to be too much today. one woman grabbed one of the officials, the families cougsing the government of lying to them about the recovery operation. the officials confirming that 159 people are dead, and they're searching for 143 others. >>> and the students at dan juan high school returned today. 150 students are dead. and students remembering those lost with yellow ribbons and flowers and a temporary memorial has been installed at a museum. >>> the officials in australia saying that the debris that washed ashore from the west is not wreckage. it was just a piece of sheet metal with rivets that led them to believe it may have been from the plane. robotic sub has scanned most of the area where the jet was believed to have gone dow

he joins us now on aljazeera.ioner, thank you so much for being with us on what must be a very busy day for you. let me first start by asking about security. i know it's beefed up this year. should visitors expect things to be vastly different at the marathon today? >> you know, obviously, you know, the security for us, you know, we have a great plan. we've been working on it, you know, i think anyone coming here should feel it's going to be a great day, like it's always been, so, you know, it's, you know, it's going to be a great day in the city of bass to know. i don't have any security plans, everybody should come, enjoy the day. we have 36,000 runners. i think they're all going to have great weather to run in. i think we're going to have some great memories of what happens today. >> i certainly hope that's the case, commissioner. the area around the marathon where it has been described by some as a ring of steel, how do you secure a 26-mile marathon route? has it entirely been cordoned off? >> well, you know,

rob reynolds, aljazeera on the road to vegas in a mustang. first was introduced in 1964 in new york. >> the college board behind the s.a.t. is overhauling the college entrance exam. changes include a math section focusing on analytical problem solving. each section will be worth 800 points, going back to the 1600. scale that we remember. a timed essay portion is now optional. critics long argued the s.a.t. favors students from higher economic background and has lost ground to the a.c.t. a professor from new york university joins us in studio. why are they making these changes? >> the main reason has to do with widespread knowledge that scores on the tests are very strongly associated with the students' social and economic backgrounds. it just seems unfair that poor students do much worse on the test than more affluent students. some of it has to do with the preparation that students get, families can afford more preparation object others less. some has to do with the nature of the tests, the questions, the differences that the families and ex

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> three days of tornadoes leaving the country in radio ins, dozens of twisters ripping from the great plains to the deep south. the storm front is losing steam this morning, lowering the risk of new tornadoes, but now raising the threat of flooding. >> for towns in the wake of these deadly storms, the damage is staggering. we have the latest on the deadly outbreak. >> it will take time before we know exactly how many tornadoes touched down. early reports puts the number at 111 over the last three days. that would make it one of the worst outbreaks in american history. at this point, we know at least 35 people have been killed as a result of the wild weather. so far, the impact has been felt from oklahoma to north carolina with 13 states reporting severe weather conditions. in the wake of the storms, people are beginning to survey the damage and attempting to pick up the pieces. >> it's moving to the right. >> a third straight night of violent tor

aljazeera on the louisiana bayou. >> in part two of our series, battling for the environment on aljazeeramerica, we'll look at general leading what is called louisiana's green army, fighting big oil trying to protect endangered lands. >> one thing you can't see in that story is the pollen, nicole mitchell just got back from that area and says it is really, really bad. >> it is. i have the traveling for reserve duty last weekend between mississippi and texas and i heard sniffles and sneeze's pretty much everywhere i want. rain helps clean the pollen out and reduce allergy levels, so watch for that. that region 40's to 60's, but through the rest of the day, more temperatures in the 70's helps all those beautiful flowers go and gets the pollen going, as well. a lot of 70's and 60'sual the coastline. hot spot in phoenix at 96. minneapolis at 67 degrees, certainly above average for april. a lot of people like the warm would like to not have the sneezing to go with it. back to you. >> good morning, nicole, thank you very much. >> 16-year-old alex hribal is accused of a stabbing free at his high

aljazeera is in the capitol of dhaka. good morning. how much has the industry really changed since the disaster? >> good morning. well, it depends who you ask. the critics will say not a lot has been changed. there's a huge amount of commitment made in terms of payment to the affected workers, but the delivery is a different story. i've spoken to at least a dozen workers yesterday and today and their main complaint is we don't know where to go for this money. we've been paid very little. we don't get work, a lot of the factories do not hire us anymore. there's been commitment by the government to disperse at least $15 million has been in the trust fund and the commitment for $40 million to be accumulated, but most of the workers will tell you that they don't know where to go looking for this money. there is no centralized database. sometimes they go to the government, sometimes they go to the government's manufacturer association, but they get the usual runaround. it's a year. the people don't have work because other factories did not

welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. crisis in ukraine, hostages taken, and russian activists. russia warns that civil war could be next. conflict, international sanctions are taking on russia's economy. equal pay. the white house with a defensive over a gender wage gap. wrongful deaths. hundreds of millions of dollars paid out for misdiagnosis and mistreatment of veterans. and suspended animation. the new technology saving the lives of the critically injured. >> ukraine's new government is facing a crisis of control. pro russian demonstrators center seized buildings in a city in its eastern region. and demonstrators are holding dozens of people hostage. >> three days in donetsk, they're reinforcing their barricades, ukraine's prime minister with negotiations between politicians and police is hoping that a deal can be reached. what can be difficult is different leaders now speaking from different factions. >> there are private talks, and private talks between influential people. but no one is speaking with the people of

the fourth aljazeera journalist in detention has been held since august. he has been on hunger strike for 90 days. aljazeera continues to demand the immediate release of its staff. >> the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon accused both sides in syrias civil war of blocking aid. he said neither side has allowed humanitarian rance. he urges action to be taken against what he calls the vials of international law. >> the united states has given advanced weapon to say moderate factions of the syrian option. they hope to counter the influence of groups. >> these anti tank weapons american made, now on the battleground in syria. it has been a while since armed opposition fighters got their hands on such advanced weaponry. the u.s. didn't deny or confirm it provided the shipment. these armor-peers anti tank systems have been given to a specific fighting force, the free syrian army link has a movement. >> the weapons arrived from friendly countries that support the opposition. i won't name them. >> neither would he say if those countries are trying to cou

welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> we're going to talk about the military strategy it would take to keep ukraine out of russian's control. >> we are going to talk about why rents are so high, in 90 american cities, people can't afford to pay their rent. >> first, rescue crews are searching for the victims of a catch sized ferry in south korea. many passengers were high school students on a field trip. three are dead, 300 unaccounted for. >> two backpacks found near the finish line of the boston marathon finish line. a 25-year-old man described as a performance artist is under arrest. >> pro russian militants seized tanks from ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country. there are reports some ukrainian soldiers have defected to the other side. this comes a day before talks aimed at easing the cries and a warning from russian president putin that ukraine is on the verge of military war. >> flying the russian flag, seizing military vehicles and occupying government buildin

aljazeera, new york. >> the u.n.lso says sanctions should be leveed against north korean leaders behind the human rights abuses. >> attacking a base in south sudan killing 20, the base sheltering 5,000 civilians from the war in that country. authorities say attackers presented to be peaceful protestors delivering a petition to the u.n. thousands have been killed, more than a million people fled homes since fighting began in december. south sudan is the world's youngest country, gaining independence in 2011. >> the u.s. is releasing a $450 million in stallment of frozen iranian funds. the move comes after a report from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog agency said iran is living up to its part of the deal with six world powers, including you the u.s. tehran has diluted half of its nuclear weapons reserve, scaled back on nuclear programs for a partial lifting of sanctions. >> a multi-million dollars scheme involved a contractor image singapore, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for classified naval information. he did

>> welcome to aljazeera america, i'm del walters, and these are the stories we're falling for you. smoke raises over a ukrainian air base and in seoul, the president says that he stands shoulder to shoulder with south korea. and the nation's largest gun lobby opens it's national convention in indiana. we examine their growing influence. and a group of young men in illinois tackle an issue that could profoundly change college football. >> threats fly . as the situation in ukraine turns explosive on the ground. the ukrainian defense ministry says that one of their military helicopters was hit by a rocket propelled grenade today . in the country's east. and in a western town . off the black sea . another grenade attack . injuring seven people . at a government checkpoint. russia and ukraine . pointing fingers at each other. the west wants - and this is how it all began - to seize control of ukraine because of their own political ambitions, not in the interests of the ukrainian people. >> the world has not yet forgotten the second world war, but russia is already keen on starting a thi

that will do it for this edition of aljazeera america.nt to look at that initial damage and response to the earthquake off the coast of chili. we'll have more on that disaster and other headlines straight ahead in just two minutes. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >> hello, welcome to the news hour. i'm jane dutton in doha. top stories from around the world. a series of explosions rock cairo university. the blast happened as students forced running battles with security forces. at least six police officers are killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan. a massive earthquake off of chile's coast, tsunami warnings are lifted after thousands are ordered to evacuate.

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stay with aljazeera america for continuing coverage of the crisis in ukraine. coming up at 7:30 eastern, retired brigadier general will talk about the military build up and warnings being issued. >> president obama is in south korea holding meetings with that countries president. on the agenda, efforts to ease tensions with japan and the potential threat of north korea's nuke year testing. south korea is in mourning a last week's ferry accident. >> leaving japan with no trade deal in place, president obama reassured tokyo that it would fight alongside japan if the dispute over islands escalates to armed conflict. it comes at a delicate time for the grieving nation, one week after a ferry disaster left more than 300 dead or unaccounted for, many high school students. the president attended a service more military members and their spouses. a push for immigration bill back home, it remains stall would in the house. >> if there's anything that this should teach us, it's that americans are strengthened. >> then it was off to the national war memorial in seoul. a to

let's go to aljazeera's john in boston.herer -- good morning stephanie -- >> and today's schedule. >> we've chosen the iconic home of the boston red sox, fenway park for our coverage as today's tribute. ted williams was one of the greatest ever boston red sox player. there will be a program of music and reflection and those injured will be there with families, surrounded by love for the hour and a half event ceremony taking place. between 2:00 and 2:30, a flag raising ceremony on the freshly painted finish line where that first bomb went off a year ago today and a moment of silence to remember the three people who died and more than 260 people who were injured. the guests of honor today include the governor of the commonwealth, do value patrick. >> whether is security like today around those parts? >> we've been in boston for the best part of the last week and we've noticed a significant up tick in that time in security of all times. the massachusetts emergency management agency will have 3500 police officers on the course,

aljazeera america, new york. >> this is aljazeera, folks, not the fourth hour of the today show, but when it comes to wine, we're going to talk about that today. some say you get what you pay for. andrew bell, president of american sommelier joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> are you seeing a movement away from the rare expensive wines? >> there's certainly a movement toward affordability. the value of a bottle of wine is a function of what you can afford to pay as often as you want to drink it. >> alcohol content in wine, i understand, i want to talk about this, has increased on average by 2%. why, and does that affect the taste of wine? >> absolutely. you can talk about global warming, about the heat or the signature of the weather in the region where the grapes are grown. the warmer it gets, the more sugar in the wine. >> does it affect flavor and burble? durability. >> sugar rises, acid decreases, limiting agability. >> we see a lot of twist off bottles, box wines. there's sort of a stigma attached to those, but is that fair? are those wines necessarily not

aljazeera continues to reject all charges against our colleagues. we demand their immediate release. >> police in oklahoma city have arrested two environmental activists on charges of bio terrorism. they are protesting the key stone excel pipeline. activists say they are victims of a big corporation using its influence with local authorities. >> this is what happened at the headquarters in oklahoma city december 13. environmentalists unfolds a banner from which glitter fell. the activists were arrested for simulating an act of bio terrorism. if convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison. a few blocks away, the site of the 1995 oklahoma city bombing, which left 168 people dead, that's why the police say they take no chances. >> we had the bombing in 1995, domestic terrorism, one of the worst bombings in the country, so there's an atmosphere here that if a threat is made, we take it seriously. >> the activists say no one was threatened by their glitter, in fact it was swept up before police called in a team trained to deal with hazardous chemicals.

aljazeera, wells, texas. >> now the founder of the church of wells, sean morris telling aljazeera americall him when god wants them to leave. >> it was an epic journey across america in honor of the boston marathon victims. more than 2,000 people took part in what's called the one run relay, from sanity barbara to the finish line in boston, the site of last year's deadly marathon bombing. runners handed off a baton on a route crossing 14 states, raising money for the victims and their families. >> it's something that if he were here he would be doing. since he can't, i wanted to do it for him. he would love this. this is something he would have felt strongly about. >> the relay raised $430 for the one fund. tomorrow marks one year since the boston marathon bombing. >> 149 years ago, a gunshot in the nation's capitol was heard around the world. april 14, 1865, president abraham lincoln was shot by john wilks booth in washington, d.c. he died the next day. you're looking live at a as a a sculpture of lincoln. he led america through the civil war. he is credited with abolishing slavery. his

stay with aljazeera for our continuing coverage of the search for flight 370.viation analyst will explain how difficult it would be to retrieve the data recorders if they are found. >> president obama plans to take part in a memorial at fort hood, the president and first lady visiting on wednesday. three soldiers were shot and killed by an iraqi war veteran ivan lopez last wednesday. the obama's were schedule would to be in texas for two days of campaigning. in 2009, another rampage there left 13 people dead. coming up in 15 minutes, a gun control debate sparked by that attack. who's calling for more people to carry more guns on military bases. >> we are following a developing situation in ukraine. a naval officer was shot and killed by a russian soldier today in crimea. russian troops are accused of preparing for an invasion. pro russian demonstrators stormed government buildings in eastern ukraine, demanding secession wrench comes. ukraine will take action if russia tries to take more territory. we report from where some of the most violent clashes are happen

. >> welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm stephanie sy in nen new york and we're standing by for a live press conference expected out of the hospital where yesterday's victims of the fort hood shooting are being treated. i want to bring you some of the latest details of this investigation and we go to brandon from texas, and we did get some information this morning on the suspected shooter. >> yes, we did, more is being detailed. what we have learned is he was not in combat when he was dermoid to iraq. he was deployed to iraq for sometime. but he was not in any combat, and that's what we learned new today. >> okay, we have learned that a congressman has been named as the shooter. a congressman, 34 years old. and what you're referring to, the secretary of the army has implied that this suspect did not incur a traumatic brain injury, as is being suspected. we talked about ptsd being a possibility here. >> we have learned that he was being treated for depression and anxiety. and he's in the process of being diagnosed with ptsd and that takes a good amount of time. but he was being tre

. >> good morning. , to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> ahead in this hour, what a scathing justice department report says about the albuquerque police department and what it says about the police department. >> the san francisco bridge built to withstand an earthquake and could be in jeopardy. >> doctors getting a better handle on alzheimer's disease. >> a fedex truck slamming into that tour bus in northern california killing 10, injuring dozens. most of the passengers onboard high school students on their way to visit a college campus, many teenagers jumping out of the windows before the bus burst into flames. >> pro russian accept are a activities are refusion to leave buildings in eastern ukraine. ukrainian prime minister offered amnesty to those who surrender but is trying to use force if the buildings were not vacated. >> kathleen sebelius is going to call it quits this morning. the president is expected to nominate the current director of the office of management and budget to replace her. >>

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but i realize, going inside one >> welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm stephanie sy in nen new york we're standing by for a live press conference expected out of the hospital where yesterday's victims of the fort hood shooting are being treated. i want to bring you some of the latest details of this investigation and we go to brandon from texas, and we did get some information this morning on the suspected shooter. >> yes, we did, more is being detailed. what we have learned is he was not in combat when he was dermoid to iraq. he was deployed to iraq for sometime. but he was not in any combat, and that's what we learned new today. >> okay, we have learned that a congressman has been named as the shooter. a congressman, 34 years old. and what you're referring to, the secretary of the army has implied that this suspect did not incur a traumatic brain injury, as is being suspected. we talked about ptsd being a possibility here. >> we have learned that he was being treated for depression and anxiety. and he's in the process of being diagnosed with ptsd and that takes a good amount of ti

good morning and welcome to aljazeera america.'m stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> ukraine's government trying to regain control of the cities located near the border. >> military took back kharkiv on tuesday, now the focus on two cities with pro russian accept writ activity have declared independence. nato and the u.s. of becoming increasingly concerned about these uprisings and ever said as much. >> they are concerned, they have been concerned for quite some time, stephanie. we have heard for weeks now from nato authorities, from american and person in tiling authorities that they do believe firmly that russia has plans on territory beyond crimea. >> the chants are familiar like those last month in crimea when it broke away from ukraine and voted to join russia. this time the calls for independence are coming from three cities across eastern ukraine. >> obviously we're concerned about what russia has done in crimea. we're concerned about the presence of substantial troop numbers on the ukrainian border. we're concerned about

you're watching aljazeera live from our headquarters. tears, anger and frustration in south korea as rescuers frantically work to find nearly 300 people after a ferry capsizes. and genocide. wiping out parts of the city. and china takes on wall street. it's version of twitter and facebook goes on public offering. three of the most influential foreigners in the world have sat down with the ukraine foreign minister in geneva, trying to find a way out of the crisis. the united states, european union and ukraine gathered at the table for the first time. statements are expected soon. >>> a look at what they're likely to discuss at those talks. russia is pushing for federalization to give eastern regions more power, and the west said that will lead to rule from moscow. they have threatened more sanctions against russia, and it will hurt all sides if russia retaliates. holding gas as europe's main supplier. >> . >> nato is increasing it's presence around eastern europe. nick joins us live, and it looks like the talks are running longer than exp

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and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> back in jerusalem, i began to learn that the issue of the israeli appropriation of palestinian food is more complex than it first appears. for almost half of israelis come from middle eastern backgrounds - their parents or grandparents having lived alongside arabs in countries such as iraq, morocco & yemen until the turmoil o