Dozens found in a truck. The lives lost, in limbo, and Holding European leaders accountable for the migrant crisis. In the jurys hands. Awaiting the fate of a former student accused of raping a classmate at a prep school. Plus born to last. The album that made Bruce Springsteen the boss. His former manager talks about the record that changed everything. Ten years ago today, Hurricane Katrina reached category 10 intensity in the gulf of mexico. The white house declared a state of emergency. But few were prepared what would happen days later. More than 1800 people dead, billions of dollars of damage. Ten years later, the big easy still on the mend. Jonathan martin is in new orleans with more. Jonathan. Good evening to you john. President obama took offs his jacket and rolled up his sleeves and walked through the neighborhoods of new orleans. Many wanted to show him their homes and the communities that had come back. But the president gave remarks here in what many considered ground zero
Done. Bargaining boost a controversial federal labour warn makes it easier for some to join unions and them to negotiate better pay and residence the biden factor a poll sheing them doing better than Hillary Clinton in a matchup for president. What it means for democrats and the Campaign Good evening, im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. More grim signs that the refugee crisis is escalating. Leaders gathered in vienna to discuss the crisis, as they met there was tragedy. Austrian police say the bodies of dozens of refugees were discovered in an abandoned truck in the southeast of vienna. And in the mediterranean dozens drowned and are feared death after a boat sank. The deaths are a reminder of how dire the situation has become. Reporter it looks like nothing out of the ordinary, a truck parked on the side of the road. But this is the scene of a crime. When police approached the vehicle, the driver was nowhere to be seen, they saw blood seeping out of the back. They were overwh
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Tropical storm erika is dumping five inches of rain on puerto rico, as it continues its path through the caribbean. Four were killed as erika dumped 15 inches of rain on that small island nation. Twenty people are missing there. Fastflowing rivers swept up cars, landslides blocked roads, power and Water Supplies knocked out. The storm now heading towards florida. Kevin joins us with details. This storm has been inconsistent and hasnt gotten its act together. Since yesterday, taking a look at the satellite and radar, you can see the rain showers in puerto rico. The radar ends here, but the satellite as you can see, the Actual Center of the storm is not here, its here towards the west. We do think that as randall said, puerto rico will be getting up to about five inches of rain over the next several hours, but my concern as we go through the rest of the morning into the afternoon is the Dominican Repub
We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They
We ask you all to take your seats if you will. Today we hear from deputy secretary of state John Sullivan on the proposed reforms that he and secretary tillerson are working on for the state department and for the agency for international development. I dont think there are many that question the need to improve the operation of both agencies. A more efficient and effective state department in u. S. A. Id would better promote our National Security and our many other interests around the world. So i have welcomed the administrations undertaking. Secretary state Rex Tillerson has started a process here as those that state will tell you where hes focusing on listening to the diplomats and listening to the employees. Our Foreign Service officers. I think this is very commendable. He has sought feedback from the bottom up. Many employees, he reports, have asked, and i think this speaks volumes, theyve asked for more responsibility and in turn more accountability for their performance. They