Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. Steve back to work. A surprise strike appears to be over tonight. The workers walked off the job at terminals in new york and new jersey, shutting down the largest complex on the east coast. Full operations have been restored, dan bowens has more with the latest. Reporter a longshoreman literally just pulled into the parking lot and said that we are back to work. This is described as a strike that came out of nowhere. It started earlier this morning. There was an emergency meeting with all parties involved which ended in a deadlock. It went before a moderator and this walkout was unauthorized. The strike shut down terminals at the busiest seaport on east coast, is finally over. Only a few hours after it started. And arbitrator as a result said that they urge their members to return to work. And earlier in the day nearly four thousand members of the International Longshoremens associat
We begin in sydney where a 16 hour hostage crisis is now over. Authorities say three people including the gunman were killed when police stormed a cafe in the heart of australias largest city. Four others including a Police Officer were hurt. The Sydney Police commissioner was asked why Police Officers moved in when they did. They played the call because they believed at that time if they didnt enter there would be many other lives lost. What had changed . Well i think that events that were unfolding inside the premises led them to the belief that now was the time to actually deploy and they did. Al jazeeras kim vanel has the story on the end of the standoff. Hostages take their moment and run for their lives. Moments later, police stormed central sydney cafe. One officer seems to throw a stun grenade then a flash explosion. Paramedics were quickly there and ran towards the building. One woman could be seen being carried out. The siege began during monday morning rush hour. The woman w
Ferguson reopen for business. Protesters demand justice for Michael Brown. Thank you for joining us. A cairo court threw out charges that mubarak conspired to kill protesters. The former leader is still serving a three year term. While protesters are angry at the verdict they stand at the square where 800,000 people are thought to be killed by Security Forces in 2011 before mubarak was ousted. The victims families were outside of court to hear the verdict. We have the report. [applause] reporter it was called the trial of the century in egypt, and it ended with a controversial verdict. One that supporters of the deposed president celebrated. Three years after he was forced out of process, and one retrial later mubarak saw the case against him thrown out by the presiding judge. The charges were that he conspired to kill protesters in january 2011. It is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court according to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to con
Independents, 2025853882. If youre outside the u. S. , its 2025853883. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite pages on witter, facebook, or email us. A very good monday morning to you. We begin with the front page of the American Press from lake charles, louisiana. Supreme court in session, justices expected to take on the issue of gay marriage. That headline dominating several of the major papers today and over the weekend. Heres the front page of the usa today, justices term starts slow, could explode is the headline there to yesterdays front page of the Washington Post. The defining moment possible for the court. The prospect of a major ruling on gay marriage looms large. And read you a bit from the reuters story previewing todays opening day of the new term. This term, which runs to the end of june, is expected to be defined by whatever action the justices take on whether states can ban gay marriage. They have not yet agreed to hear any of the seven cases already decide
It is that president putin and the russian leadership should think about the radical change in the attitude towards the rest of the world and to switch to a cooperative mode. The new measures are apparently aimed at pressuring russia to change its policies. President putin says russias economy wont rebound from its woes and the ruble will stabilize, but hes warned it could take up to two years for that to happen. He appeared before 1,200 reporters for an end of year news conference. Under the most unfavorable scenario, this situation may go on for about two years. The russian president referred to the devastating impact of prices on the ruble. He defend ed the bank aes decision to raise is its key Interest Rate to protect the currency. The Current Situation has been proevoked by external factors. The central bank and the government are taking adequate measures. He also said russia must diversify its economy to reduce its dependence on oil and major export and the key source of income f