Afghans 5,000 history. Officials say that ivan lopezs Mental Health was not a factor in the shooting at fort hood. He had an argument with soldiers before open firing. The Washington State Community Devastated by a mudslide turned to prayer friday night. The vigil was organized to provide comfort after the mudslide hit oso. Combating outbreaks of measles. The number of outbreaks in Orange County now stands at 51. Im morgan radford. Thank you so much for watching Al Jazeera America. Violence in curb election also a while of vakry for Animal Rights activists. Plus rwandas image finally changing since the mass slaughter of 800,000 people. And using new Antisocial Networks so hide from your friends . Hello, im antonio mora, welcome to consider this. Here is more on what is heyed. We begin with the impending election in afghanistan to choose a new president who may well decide the fate of the u. S. Presence there. Thousands of ballot boxes have been distributed to some 7,000 polling places
Over several days, we gained extraordinary access to a group of selfproclaimed taliban fighters. And the mortars are landing in the areas where we are. It was an insight, in part at least, into what the war in afghanistan looks like from the other side. The fighter jet is still in the air circling looking for a target. Kabul, Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid karzai is currently refusing to sign a treaty that would leave a small nato force in the country. If nothing changes, all foreign soldiers will leave by the end of this year. In secret, karzai has been negotiating with the taliban, in order to avoid a fullblown civil war. Since 2005, the taliban has clawed back territory. They now dominate large parts of the country. But approximately only one hours drive from here, right over behind the mountain there, is logar. And in logar theres still a war going on. I wanted to see what the war looked like from the other side in the charkh district of Logar Province a region which has seen v
Seven million. Thats how many turned out to vote today in afghanistan. It is a big number. More than half the countrys voters showed up despite threats by the taliban. Now, the countdown begins to see if afghanistan can carry out a true democracy and whether American Forces will stay. Barnard smith has the latest reporter the queue started before the polling stations opened. Despite the taliban threats to target this election, people wanted to vote in afghanistan 5,000 year history, this marks the first democratic transfer of power. People have been eager to seize the chance. We dont care about the threat from the taliban. You can see everyone is coming here. For me. Reporter 12 Million People were eligible to vote. In parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations remained closed. This is the scene being repeated at voting stations across the country. People queue up. They dip their finger in indeadible inc. Action pick up their ballot papers, go into the providacy
Israel is cans lipping the planned release of palestine prisoners. Parties met on thursday, and discussions are continuing. Hes calling on both sides to show leadership and find a way to compromise for peace. The Obama Administration is downplaying an Associated Press investigation into a socalled cuban twitter. The ap says the humanitarian agency u. S. Aid financed a social network aimed at undermining cubas government. The largest environmental cleanup in u. S. History will cost an oil company 5 billion. Anadarko will pay for the cloon up of thousands of sites contaminated years ago. Those are are the headlines, america tonight is up next. On america tonight, the fort hood gunman, his Mental Health, and his quest for help. A pattern of mass military shootings p p does it reveal we are failing our troops in. Any time you lose any of your people, theres an issue. We dont have the facts. We will get the facts. Also tonight, serving life without a trial. Rapists and child moless tors sen
Something. Hes been called an elite thinker. His books including finding your element, and out of minds. We spoke to ken robinson in new york. Ken robinson, you have been described as one of the worlds leading thinkers. What goes through your mind when you hear that . Its all true, obviously. I mean, i. I dont know, people apply these epithets to you. Its a slogan that comes out. There are a lot of exparts on creatist experts on creativity. I dont take it seriously, but i try to clarify what i think and articulate it as clearly as we can. Speaking of creativity, what is the mission. Talents, ability and how most people dont recognise what is inside them or what they are capable of, and education doesnt help them very much. Our mission is to transform the culture. That culture of education was in part formed by the industrial age, and you have talked about how we have moved beyond that. Explain what you mean. Well, mass education is relatively recent. In the last 150 years its become a