What can we do for you . And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. More than two dozen migrants are reportedly dead after their boat capsized his the italian coast. The accident comes just a week after more than 300 were killed in a similar incident. The organization tasked with destroying serious chemical weapons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, but its toughest task may still lie ahead. And dancing on air in mexico, these highflying feats are part of a cultural tradition that one community is fighting to preserve for generations to come. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Tonight, a rescue operation is underway after a boat carrying around 200 migrants has capsized near the italian island of lot to do so. Over two dozen people including women and children are believed to have died. In andek, a boat sank italian Officials Say that 319 african migrants are confirmed dead from that incident. Is in italy and joins us
Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and around the globe. Tonight, a rescue operation is underway after a boat carrying around 200 migrants has capsized near the italian island of lot to do so. Over two dozen people including women and children are believed to have died. In andek, a boat sank italian Officials Say that 319 african migrants are confirmed dead from that incident. Is in italy and joins us with the latest. What can you tell us about what happened tonight . As we arejust speaking, another helicopter is landing at the airstrip. The helicopters this evening so far have been taking the injured and some dead bodies from the scene. Vote sinking has taken place about 60 miles to the south of where i am speaking to you from. We understand, as you said, a couple dozen, possibly more people, were killed in this latest syncing. Some 200 were rescued. One of the reasons for the rescue is the Italian Coast Guard vessels and navy vessels were on the scene quickly, par
And were watching the market this hour of markets now. Connell those headlines show you there is a lot going on9 today. We will get to the mess in egypt in just a moment, but first, our market today with the selloff, seeing the biggest decline in a couple of months. Nicole petallides starts us off on the floor of the new york Stock Exchange. Nicole you are absolutely right. The lowest point, the biggest move to the downside since june 20. Down about 1. 5 right now. Back on june 20 the dow dropped over 2 , this is the biggest moving percentage terms since that time. You have a couple of names that are weighing on the do dow jones industrial, betterthanexpected Economic News. Walmart and kohls are two names we are following closely. As well as Cisco Systems. Walmart higher payroll taxes are hitting the customers and not much customer traffic in walmart. A little less than expected, up 5. 5 . Really bucking the trend today, back to you. President obama United States strongly condemns the
Period of time the fcc should look at its good Faith Authority in the Communications Act and help to do something about it. You also asked though do i think these will occur with more more frequency . The honest answer is they are getting more attention right now because the number of plot arms we can use to watch video is expanding. The issue of Digital Rights for programmers can access those different platforms is much more complicated than it used to be but its also really good for consumers. We no longer are limited to just watching television sitting on yourself in the living room. You can have all the screens in all these digital platforms around you when you can watch programming content so i think thats one of the sources of making this dispute so heated. Host Jessica Rosenworcel is the new member of the fcc and Howard Buskirk is the executive senior at medicatiomedicatio ns daily and this has been the communicators on cspan. Mr. President , president obama will make his case t
You wrote a letter on july 19, just a couple of months ago, to senator levin you laid out the different options for military force in syria in terms of control of chemical weapons and even in the context of a limited strike. You and im quoting from your letter here on the efficacy of a limited strike. Over time the impact would be the significant degradation of capabilities and an increase in regime desertions. Again a lot of us read this stuff. Im sure in the public sometime theres skepticism but your warnings, for a lot of us, have been taken to heart. What i think a lot of us struggle with is how can a policy rely on the assaad military to secure chemical stockpiles at the same time were bombing that army . And again you addressed this in the past and a lot of us are trying to figure out what changed here to give us that confidence level that we can count on on the assaad regime to continue to control these stockpiles. Well, without getting into the targeting as i tried to articulat