As the midnight deadline for agreement on a budget deal approaches quickly, it looks like u. S. Lawmakers may have put together is stopgap agreement. Some details are emerging as sources close say the talks have been centering on staving off the worst of 600 billion in spending cuts. The president had this to say. The potential agreement would make sure it taxes do not go up on middleclass families but it would also extend tax credits for families with children, extend the tuition tax credit that has helped millions of families pay for college, and it would extend tax credits. Lawmakers were also narrowing the income level at which they would increase to between 400,000. 50 under thousand dollars. No deal is reached, taxes will go up for all americans. Lets now go live to washington. We have a correspondent following the story for us. What else does the president have to say . I think this is important to review the deficit. He said the compromise is being looked at and he is urging th
So he was captured in santa monica, california a couple years ago. Living just a couple blocks from the beach. I mean, it was quite a life he was living as this retired guy telling people he was, you know, charlie from new york. One of the things thats interesting about him is he was a bank robber, committed a string of Bank Robberies and testifies convicted in 1956 and sent off to federal prison, and because he was involved in some attempts, he ended up at alcatraz, which was the, you know, first max Security Federal prison for the worst of the worst, and much to our delight as reporters, everybody who has done time at alcatraz, their entire prison file is open to the public to see. You can go to the archives in san bernardino, california and read all the files, rerts wrote to his brother while in prison, you know, what his work regard was like while in prison, and it was just amazing to get a glimpse of him as a young man, and one of the things we have known him in recent years is th
Its been a great life. Thank you for being here. [applause] in our shared Services Agreement we were actively involved and as you know this is where you make your money in the local market. That operation costs us almost 800,000. It is cheap. It is an isnt for the faint oft but its because its what people wanted and needed to get us back to the station. My general manager we put that back in place. I am alone could not afford these figures. In South Carolina when there was an ice storm and it just destroyed the generator we were off the air for almost 16 hours into the generator was 400,000. These are the kind of expenses you cannot calculate. I dont care what kind of wealth i may have been blessed with there is no way that i could have survived this without these joined shared service agreements. Author and military strategist bing west the former assistant secretary defense talks about counterinsurgency, the wind down of the war in afghanistan and current foreignpolicy. The council o
Off. Reporter an attack taking place kenyas capital city of nairobi. At least 39 people are dead and at least 150 are injured. Some americans are among the wounded. Al jazeeras an ders simmons has the latest. This was the softest of targets. Nairobis prestigious Shopping Mall packed with children and families. Shooting at random. People hid where they could. Trying to give those inside a chance to escape. But the mall is a huge complex with dozens of shops and stores. They came to the mall. [ sirens ] outs people escaped rushing out wherever they could find an opening. Kenyan Security Forces evacuated others. Al shabab takes responsibility for the attack in retribution on the mall. The security told the nation they are still loose. We are secure the maul. Its a very delicate operation. Our pop detroit is the safeguard of lives of innocent people held newspaper this unfortunate incident. But let me make it clear that we shall how about down the perpetrators wherever they run to. We shal
Down by police in missouri. Hundreds of residents take to the streets. A typhoon strikes japan, a million scrom ble to evacuate. Good morning and welcome to al jazeera, live from new york city. The u. S. Says its in for the long haul in a battle for iraq. More air strikes on saturday. Jet fighters took out vehicles filled with weapons used. Kurdish forces helped thousands of the Yazidi Community flee. This after being trapped on a Desert Mountain top. All this is happening while president obama refused to set a timetable for the u. S. s involvement. As tom ackerman reports, beating back the rebels will not be easy. President obamas top Foreign Policy policemen was to keep the u. S. Forces pledge was to keep the u. S. Forces out of iraqment now hes the fourth to order rehabilitation. This time, he says, to save the yazidi, and protect u. S. Personal from the is group. Asked whether hed understatement the Islamic State fighters he said. Theres no doubt that there movement has been more r