In Disaster Relief for those members of our fishing community, so many of whom have had their whole livelihoods taken away from them. And this Disaster Relief money is going to help them during these difficult times, help them to recover, to rebuild what i believe is one of the most critical economic sack ters still in new england. Its one of the oldest, certainly. Im also pleased that this bill reverses some of the reckless cuts from sequestration and instead it makes important investments in the friewrt of this country, in our education, infrastructure, in science and innovation, and yet it also makes strategic cuts. For example, one of my favorites in the bill is that it prohibits taxpayerfunded expenditures on Oil Paintings for public officials. This is an idea that senator coburn and i have been work on over the last year and i think its exactly the kind of Government Spending that we need to get rid of. It seppedz sends a message, a. Even though its not a lot of money, its symbol
The brand. Sales of american whiskey are up worldwide. A look is why its flowing more freely now than ever. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. I am Morgan Radford in new york. We begin with a nationwide man shunt this morning where thor manhunt where Authorities Say they are searching for two convicted murders. It began earlier this week at the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Florida Panhandle and continued 300 miles south in orlando. Our robert ray is standing by live in caravel, florida where the prisoners first escaped. What do we know right now . Reporter yeah, morgan, indeed. It is crazy and obviously scary that Something Like that occurred. Where we are coming from right now is on the gulf of mexico, carabel, florida. Two miles up the road is the Corrections Center where the two murderers seemed to have walked out. They will not allow us to be there for security reasons. On september 27th, one of the men had forged documents. He walked out. No problem. On october 8th, the se
Texas, some of the most restrictive voter laws in the cub. And this is al jazeera america. Live from new york. Im tony harris. We begin with a growing struggle to hold on to a crucial border town in the fight against i. S. I. L. Today turkey sis test fighting kurdish fighters to cross into syria to give help to kurdish fighters fighting in coh kobani. But i. S. I. L. Fighters surround kobani on three sides. Bernard smith has the latest from the turkey border. As dusk fell Syrian Kurdish fighters started to make use of the weapons they were given in an air drop. To turn the battle for kobani diciveldecisively in favor of te kurds. We have facilitated Peshmerga Forces to go to kobani and we continue to hold talks on this matter. Reporter but warned he doesnt believe the kurds in kobani are fighting for a unified syria. Just like i. S. I. L. They want to control a certain area. We think this is a threat for the future of syria, its territorial borders and its democracy. Reporter this vide
Attacks as president obama convinces turkey to allow its long time enemy to battle the enemy in syria. A sinkhole in hawaii. Some say a Tropical Storm is to blame. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. This morning, Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison. He was taken from a holding cell and transferred to a pretoria prison. The olympian was convicted of killing his girlfriend, model reef stein. The prosecution called for a minimum 10 year sentence while it is defense wanted Community Service and house arrest. We are joined live from pretoria, south africa. There are questions regarding how long he is going to serve in prison. What can you tell us . There are absolutely. In fact, his lawyer commented to journalists and the awaiting crowd that he may be out in 10 months. Under South African law, the minimum of the sentence you have to serve for culpable homicide is sixth which that sentence. Its possible also that he could be placed under house arrest for all or a portion of his r
198. A survivor of the camp was rescued and treated for hypothermia. Meanwhile in the city of laurel a scramble to save Commuter Cars parked near the marc Railway Station and town officials spreading the word to businesses along the river like this transmission shop get out. They told us a mandatory evacuation, so we got to go. Reporter craig moe is laurels mayor. Were down so low in the city, so this always floods and theyre releasing so much water its causing real problems this time around. Reporter the water moe is talking about is coming from the two Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission dams upstream, brighton at and duckett at rocky gorge which simply cannot hold any more water. We had an excessive amount of rainfall, probably in some areas close to double the amount that was predicted. Were not planning on leaving unless were told its mandatory. Reporter laurel opened an evacuation center, though most residents are waiting to see what happens. They came door to door. It was a