A few hours in the city of brotherly love before getting attacked. We begin this hour with the expansion of u. S. Military actions in syria. The steppedup rhythm of u. S. Attacks comes amid some new reminders about the dangers for civilians in syrians civil war. A fighter jet crashed into a market killing at least 27 people. Meanwhile an independent Monitoring Group called air wars says u. S. Lead air strikes against isil fighters in syria and iraq have killed more than 450 civilians. The u. S. Military says since the strikes began a year ago, only two civilians have been killed. There are concerns the policy could make the u. S. More directly engaged with the regime of syrian president , bashar alassad, and thats something the Obama Administration has pledged to avoid. Jamie macintyre joins us live from the pentagon with the latest. Jamie . Reporter david, the u. S. Has said all along, once the fighters it trained to take on isil got into harms way it would have a moral obligation to
Good morning, this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. The head of the epa says the agency is working nonstop to clean up a major toxic spill in colorado. Today they will visit sites along the rivers, and the agency is set to release testing samples. Mccarthy says the epa takes full responsibility. It is a tajjic and unfortunate accident and epa is taking responsibility to make sure it is marined up. The most important thing is ensuring the health and safety of the residents and visitors near the river. The spill is still flowing at a rate of 500 to 700 gallons a minute. The rivers snake west through the fourcorners region into utah where they empty into the Colorado River. The spill is expected to reach lake powell today. The Colorado River system is considered the life blood of the west. It is one of the few major rivers in the region, stretching 1400 miles from the rockies to the gulf of california. Seven states and some 40 Million People, including 22 n
About the need to support the Iran Nuclear Deal on the eve of the congressional vote. We have Jamie Mcentire live in washington. Jamie what are we expecting to hear from secretary kerry . Reporter were expecting the secretary to again make the case that the Iran Nuclear Deal is not only the best option to prevent them from obtaining Nuclear Weapons, but really the only option. Considering that if it is not put into effect, the other countries that negotiated this deal along with the United States would not support the continued sanctions. So if iran adheres to the deal, and if iran would not adhere to the deal the u. S. Would have options down the road. He is making this case as the administration has just secured what appears to be the crucial 34th vote in the senate that assures the president would be able to override any veto or disapproval of the bill in congress. Now the administration would like to get 41 votes in the senate, so that the bill the resolution to disapprove the iran
Israels Prime Minister criticizes the United Nations over the Iran Nuclear Deal. And hurricane joaquin, were tracking the category 4 storm. Breaking news tonight out of roseburg, oregon. According to the state attorney general, and people are dead after a shooting at Umpqua Community college. The shooter has been identified as a 20yearold male. He was killed at the scene. And the attack began just after 10 30 this morning, pacific time. The officials have not released information about a motive in the shooting. Roseburg is a Small Community in southwest oregon. Its about 70 miles south of eugene, 180 miles south of portland. The students were bussed from the umpqua campus to the Douglas County fairgrounds where theyre meeting family members, and thats where Allen Schauffler is tonight. Reporter its a heartbreaking scene, randall. We have talked to some of the folks here, who have gotten clearly bad news from inside of this building where people were brought from the campus. And a lot o
Included in apac. The president announced new plans to extend visas for tourists. But when the president hosted the leaders of 11 pacific countries later in the day, he didnt invite his chinese counterpart. Because president obama was lobbying hard for a Transpacific Partnership which would create the largest trading block in the world. It would remove trade barriers between these countries that have borders on the pacific. But china has been left out of these talks. Indeed its aggressively pursuing trade deals of its own. It signed a trade back with south korea and a second big gas deal with russia. China is asserting its political and military muscle too, reopening disputes with allies of the u. S. Including japan. But china is reviving a 2,000 year old idea. In history the silk road long connected china with markets in the middle east, and then out to europe. It was a true global artery for commerce. It fuelled an exchange of ideas and technologyings between the east and the west. T