i'm richelle carey. here is a look at the top stories - europe is under high alert after the attacks tonne "charlie hebdo". nine suspects have been questioned in the attack on the newspaper. the rest of the europe works to prevent further violence. >>> according to the white house, president obama will outline plans for tax breaks in the middle class, and discuss plans to close loop hotels and is expected to ask cop depress to pass a law-making community college free >>> troops from chad cameroon are moving into eastern nigeria to take on boko haram. recent attacks killed thousands. african union leaders will discuss expanding the force this week >>> the last enemy combaton on american soil has been released. a marry was arrested in illinois, and accused of providing material support to al qaeda. he was reportedly tortured and pleaded guilty in 2009. he released a statement saying this: we are now discuss more of the case with a professor of law at seaton university and represented al-marie through his r

i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at today's top stories. belgium is asking for the extradition of a suspect and israel launches a deadly attack inside syria. several are killed including the son of a former tom commander. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the faithful dignitaries and even a marching band gives pope francis a sendoff as he departs the philippines. >>> issues that will probably be overlooked when president obama gives his state of the union address. an about face by prosecutors in belgium. they now say they want to extradite one of four people arrested yesterday in greece, the person may have ties to a foiled plot to attack police. john siropolous has more from athens. >> the arrests that took place here in athens were at the behest of belgian authorities during a raid on a terrorist stronghold last thursday that there was an athens connection, there was a mastermind who had made telephone calls from a location here in the city to terrorist cells in belgium apparently approving certain plots to go ahead. certain attacks on european targets. the polic

i am richelle carey.ere are today's top stories: >> we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism. >> japan's prime minister expresses his outrage after a second japanese hostage held by isil is executed. >> at a time planes did airstrikes all day and night. they targeted everything. >> meanwhile, it's ill forces are pounded into retreating from two key fronts. ukraine peace talks have broken down with both sides blaming the other as renewed violence continues. more cases of measles confirmed in california as the white house >> today, an online video we will not show you reportedly has images of the journalist's beheading. japan's prime minister is calling the beheading an inhumane and despicable act of terrorism. >> to the terrorists we would never, never forgive them for this act. and the act committed, we are going to coordinate with the international society. sot japan will never be defeated by terrorism. >> kingigoto -- kenji goto was yoon experienced journalist. more how

i am richelle carey. four men arrested in agrees.olice say they are connected to a terror cell in belgium. a police presence the country has n't seen in decades. >> bing mitt netanyahu rejects the international criminal court investigation into the gazan war. a rule in peninsula and what it means for other states. ♪ new dmoements europe's international terror calm pain. at least one is believed to be connected to terror cells in belgium after authorities in belgium conducted raids. earlier, i spoke to al jazeera john therapolos from athens. >> reporter: at the moment we know there have been four arrests of middle eastern men following arrest warrants issued by interpol yesterday. those arrests took place today. one of those men is thought to be a mastermind of operations that were to have taken place in belgium or based out of belgium. this is still to be confirmed, but one senior police source here told me he was, quote, 80% sure in a this was the man belgium authorities are looking for. the main link to this man in athens from the

i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. from around the world, an outpouring of support from this week's victims attacks in paris. people are searching for the widow of a slain suspect. a link between al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula and one of the paris suspects. also a pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist about his fight for free speech rights. aver days of deadly police stand-offs, people are asking how this could happen. police are searching for hayat boumediene. now there is evidence she may not have even been in the country at the time. her common law husband has been linked to the two brothers suspected of attacking the officers of "charlie hebdo." they were killed by french police yesterday. dignitaries from around the world are planning to attend a unity rally in paris tomorrow. >> that's expected today gather a million demonstrator. rory challands on the investigation heyat boumediene re a photo released two years old. she is the most wanted woman in europe. the french media reports suggest she might be in syria. s

i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories. >>> an israeli helicopter strike kills hezbollah fighters in the golan heights. fighters focus on nine suspects. other european nations work to prevent an attack. >> president obama's tax plan will be the focus of the stuppion address. does it have a realistic chance of passing congress. >>> after a year of misery and death aring growing hope may

. >>> this is al jazerra america i am richelle carey with a look at today's top stories. israel launches a deadly attack inside syria, seven hezbollah fighters are killed including a son of a top commander. a suspect arrested in greece on saturday who may be connected to to a foiled plot to hit the police. >>> why yaya seed is think they were freed and others were not. >>> well look at the they major issues that will probably be overlooked when president obama gives the state of the union address. ♪ ♪ >>> we begin tonight in syria with reports of an israeli air strike killing several hezbollah fighters. the lebanese-based shia group says the attacks near the israeli heights hezbollah says an israeli helicopter fired the missiles since the war stated in syria israel carried out at least seven trikes inside syrian territory. two of our reporters are covering the story tonight. let's go to nicole johnston first in beirut. >> reporter: this is a major group against hezbollah which is currently fighting on the side of the assad regime inside syria. six of their figures were ta

i am richelle carey.ere are today's top stories: >> we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism. >> japan's prime minister expresses his outrage after a second japanese hostage held by isil is executed. >> at a time planes did airstrikes all day and night. they targeted everything. >>

i am richelle carey. four men arrested in agrees.e say they are connected to a terror cell in belgium. a police presence the country has n't seen in decades. >> bing mitt netanyahu rejects the international criminal court investigation into the gazan war. a rule in peninsula and what it means for other states. ♪

i am richelle carey. "fault lines" is next. keep it here. have a great night. >> the united states is in the midst of the worst drug addiction epidemic in its history. but it's not a crisis of illegal drugs. it's one of prescription painkillers - oxycodone, hydrocodone, and other legal narcotics, all related to opium. collectively they are called opioids. >> these are the opioid painkillers. and prescriptions for drugs like these have more than quadrupled over the last 15 years - to the extent that the us now consumes more than 80 percent of the global supply of these drugs. >> overdoses from prescription opioid drugs now kill nearly seventeen thousand americans every year. that's one overdose death every thirty minutes. >> the overdose rate which might have been 1 or 2 a month in our emergency department is now more like 3 or 4 or 5 if not more than that, in a 24-hour period. >> that's a massive increase. >> massive. >> over the past 10 years, we've had more than 125,000 americans lose their lives to painkiller overdose deaths. >> the food

i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. from around the world, an outpouring of support from this week's victims attacks in paris. people are searching for the widow of a slain suspect. a link between al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula and one of the paris suspects. also a pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist about his fight for free speech

. >>> hi, i am richelle carey.oming up at the top of the up at the top of the jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour and live from doha and these are the main stories we will be covering this hour. the military standoff continues in the yemen capital with houthi forces surrounding presidential compounds. afghan president ghani introduces cabinet after three months of splitting uncertainty. heading to the poles and they choose a new president after the death of micha

. >>> hi, i am richelle carey.oming up at the top of the at the top of the >>> hi, i am lisa fletcher and you are in the stream. >> the first two years of community college free. >> the president goes social for his community college program plan. what's the pay off, though, for taxpayers footing the bill? plus, from government-funded tuition relief for a sugar daddy. a new way young women are paying for college raises some eyebrows. >>> and this artificial intelligence goes where only the movies once did, dozens of prominent scientists and (accucapnt trial version) investigators warn that more attention must be paid to safety. why they are concerned about the ri

. >>> hi, i am richelle carey.oming up at the top of the at the top of the ♪ >>> at least 20 demonstrators killed on egypt on the fourth anniversary of the revolution that how fast hosni mubarak. you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, polls are closing in grease in a vote that could pitch the country into a new battle over its international bail-out. the u.s. secretary of state warns nigerian presidential contenders about election violence and boka haram attacks a major northern

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. >>> hi, i am richelle carey.oming up at the top of the up at the top of the for the first time since taking office, president obama will be delivering his state of the union to a congress completely controlled by his opposition. hello everybody i'm david schuster in for antonio mora. welcome to a special edition of "consider this." domestic and international issues that will dominate the president's addresses and one of the most important events on the washington d.c political calendar. all that and much more straight ahead.

. >>> hi, i am richelle carey. coming up at the top of the at the top of the ♪ >>> at least 20 demonstrators killed on egypt on the fourth anniversary of the revolution that how fast hosni mubarak. you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also ahead, polls are closing in grease in a vote that could pitch the country into a new battle over its international bail-out. the u.s. secretary of state warns nigerian presidential contenders about election violence and boka haram attacks a major northern city. and we will see the welcome given to the new president of zambia. at least 20 people have been killed in violent protests across egypt. demonstrators were marking the fourth an visaversary of the revolution that ousted president hosni mubarak. reporter: >> reporter: four years since the revolution that led to the overthrow of hosni mubarak. but the unrest persists. despite the army filling up tahrir square protesters have been taking to the streets to mark the day the uprising began. he job descr

. >> i am richelle carey in new york. "fault lines" is next. keep it here and have a great night. ♪ >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer in part because of what's happening here in north dakota where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest unemployment rate in the us. but it's also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. >> the more jobs you complete, the more money you make. the faster you complete them the faster you can get to the next job. let's say i mean you take your time. if you be safe you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. >

i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories.e eastern ukraine launch a nigh awe salt killing dozens of civilians. shock and dismay as isil has executed yet another hostage. emissaries pay their respects to the new king in sud e arabia t president obama's arrival and visit in india. ♪

i'm richelle carey, here are the top stories. >>> an israeli helicopter strike kills hezbollah fighters in the golan heights. fighters focus on nine suspects. other european nations work to prevent an attack. >> president obama's tax plan will be the focus of the stuppion address. does it have a realistic chance of passing congress. >>> after a year of misery and death aring growing hope may draw to an end >>> we begin with israeli air strike killing. several fighters died in the attack near the israeli occupied golan heights. hezbollah released a statement saying the israeli helicopter fired the missiles. syria carried out several air strikes and attacks. two reporters are covering the story. let's start with nicole johnson in beirut. >> reporter: this is a major hit against hezbollah, currently fighting on the side of the bashar al-assad regime in syria. six of their figures were taken out. two were senior commanders one includes mohammed isar and another is the son of imadd, a previous commander who had been assassinated. it was a big pit against hezbollah. not the first time they ha

i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at today's top stories.elgium is asking for the extradition of a suspect and israel launches a deadly attack inside syria. several are killed including the son of a former tom commander. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the faithful dignitaries and even a marching band gives pope francis a sendoff as he

. >>> this is al jazerra america i am richelle carey with a look at today's top stories.srael launches a deadly attack inside syria, seven hezbollah fighters are killed including a son of a top commander. a suspect arrested in greece on saturday who may be connected to to a foiled plot to hit the police. >>> why yaya seed is think they were freed and others were not. >>> well look at the they major issues that will probably be overlooked when president obama give

richelle carey is here with more. >> the nation's leading organization of pediatricians has issued andation. it's a policy shift that many consider promising. the american academy of pediatrics says while there is no hard proof of the drug's benefits it does advocate its use for children with life threatening conditions. and it calls on the government to remove marijuana from its most restrictive drug category. doing this it says will make it easier for researcher to study the benefits of cannabis if any. and help develop treatments. but it still objects to children and adolescence using pot for recreation and does not support the broader legalization for adults. not enough is known about the effects of marijuana, but the pediatrician's group hopes this policy offers compassionate use for patients like chase. they moved to colorado springs so he could legally use a marijuana oil. she is just one of hundreds of parents who have relocated to the state so their children who suffer from severe epilepsy and other conditions can legally access the drug. some of the dispensaries are not reg

i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories. breaking news following a series of anti-terror raids in western roche, four arrests in greece. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu lashes out at the international criminal courts' investigation into last summer's gaza war. to bring an end to the dwent year battle of the democratic battle for kongo. congo. >> breaking news in europe anti-terror campaign greek officials have arrested four men at the request of interpol. at least one is believed to be connected to terror cells in belgium a day after authorities in belgium conducted raids that resulted in arizona of at least a dozen in that country. i spoke to our reporter in athens. >> reporter: we know there have been four arrests middle eastern men following arrest warrants issued by interpol yesterday. those arrests took place today. one of those men is thought to be the mastermind of operations based out of belgium. this is to be confirmed. one senior police force told me he was 80% sure that this is the man belgium authoritie

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. >>> hi, i am richelle carey. coming up at the top of the up at the top of the for the first time since taking office, president obama will be delivering his state of the union to a congress completely controlled by his opposition. hello everybody i'm david schuster in for antonio mora. welcome to a special edition of "consider this." domestic and international issues that will dominate the president's addresses and one of the most important events on the washington d.c political calendar. all that and much more straight ahead. >> president obama is getting ready to deliver his state of the union address. >> he seems to be addressed to pursue the policies he cares about. >> i'm still around because i've got some work to do. >> the president is going to be announcing. >> proposals to cut tax to the middle class. >> the tax to the super-wealthy. >> the battle of the middle class has begun. >> not going to make people who are struggling more successful. >> on the edge about terror. >> on edge about terror all across

i am richelle carey. here are today's top stories.aratists in the eastern ukraine launch a nigh awe salt killing dozens of civilians. shock and dismay as isil has executed yet another hostage. emissaries pay their respects to the new king in sud e arabia t president obama's arrival and visit in india. ♪ >>> we begin tonight in eastern ukraine where rocket attacks in mariupol have killed at least 27 people. the stratidge for the strat -- battle for the strategist port city has begun. mariupol has seen little fighting overall but as separatists capture the city it will be an asset giving them access to water. charles stratford reports. >> sierprens ring out with a warning of more attacks. this video shows residential apartments. their windows blown out. across the road from another building in flames a woman's body lies amidst the rubble. the body of a man close by. ukrainian soldiers patrol the street. >> there is a lot of damage to residential buildings and to the market. they hit the moment when people were buying groceries. you can

. >>> hi, i am richelle carey. coming up at the top of the up at the top of the jazeera. ♪ welcome to the news hour and live from doha and these are the main stories we will be covering this hour. the military standoff continues in the yemen capital with houthi forces surrounding presidential compounds. afghan president ghani introduces cabinet after three months of splitting uncertainty. heading to the poles and they choose a new president after the death of michael and still growing china's rapid financial expansion continues as other global economies falter. ♪ yemen capitol has remained largely quiet after a ceasefire called on monday. fighters from the houthi rebel group stationed through sanaa with the prime minister and the presidential palace and violence broke out on monday between houthi fighters and the army and u.n. security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting on the situation. and we have a journalist who covered the up rising in 2011 and is live from london and thank you for speaking to us

. >> i'm richelle carey. >> a possible sighting of the two men carrying out the deadly attack in paris seen at a gas station outside paris. we begin with dana lewis in par areries. new details about the possible whereabouts of these two suspects. >> they are still on the run and wanted and heavily armed and described as dangerous by the authorities, the latest development is that they were spotted near land at a gas station. i believe we have video now. the police at the scene of that, because it is more than a siting now reported as a robbery which took place by two men fitting the description of said and cherif kouachi. they were supposedly armed with rivals and r.p.g.'s as well. they stole gasoline, food, fired shots. to add to the concern of the authorities, they drove offer in the direction of paris. that is the latest they are saying. we are hearing now that security officials are beavering up police presence at some of the main highway entry points on the north side of the city, because that is the direction in which that they would enter paris presumably. the greatest fear now