U. S. Homeland security secretary spoke about immigration and Border Security and hamas economic limit washington dc by Alejandro Mayorkas. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. Okay can i have your please. N and have a conversation the secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas known to many as la. Thank you. And so why dont we dig right into it. Why did you want to leave a very prosperous law firm job to be homelandtary of security did you ever have second thoughts aboutd that. No second thoughts. What a privilege it is to leave a place one loves to be able to go to a place one loves. Another way that a bridge the two worlds is by borrowing and stealing intelligence of jamie, is the chair and cochair of a Homeland Security council in the department of Homeland Security that jewel think that i am, i just stole Matthew Ferraro from the law firm to join us to be a senior counselor on technology. Okay and well let me talk about the elephant in the room, because you relate sec
For abusing her maid. How people in the United States feel about restoring diplomatic relations. United nations is condemning the destruction of iraqs ancient history. Priceless statues, some more than 2,000 years old, have been smashed to pieces. The director confirmed this newly released man with sledge hammers is genuine. Its an attack on iraqi heritage. Its a destruction of artefact as we see today. Its a violation. Latest resolution. 99. The directorgeneral of u. N. E. S. C. O. Asked the president of the Security Council to convey a meeting on this matter. When history is destroyed, you destroy the future of a company. You are violent. Robbing the millennial culture of iraq puts its future at risk i. S. I. L. Fighters seized control of a bridge linking two cities. The seized bridge connects haditha to baghdadi close to an air base used by the iraqi and u. S. Military. 20 iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle. U. S. Allies say the total is lower. An iraqi air strike is believed
Reporter scandal in buenos aires a judge throws out the case against argentina president as congress dismantles the countrys spy agency. Intelligence agency raised or contaminating the evidence to cover its own tracks. Welcome to Al Jazeera America International News hour im Antonio Moore and im stephanie sy, we begin with the killer and his name is Mohammed Emwazi a british Computer Programmer from a well to do London Family and until now he was known as jshgsz ihjshgsz jihadi john and he was in black and yielding a knife and accused of killing hostages including james foly. I. S. I. L. Released footage with fighters destroying religious artifacts at a museum in mosul. See saw battle for albaghdadi and captured a bridge that links it to the town ohineveh and people were killed in the clash. Little is known about Mohammed Emwazi and Security Officials said he left virtually no trail on social media or online but lawrence lee reports a small Advocacy Group could shed some light on the m
Case and a woman jailed six years for mistreating her indonesia domestic helper. Just within the last few minutes the German Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a fourmonth extension of greeces bail out program by international creditor, the yes vote was expected after chancer Angela Merkel Ruling Coalition with similar opposition parties voiced support for it. More on that in a little bit right here on al jazeera. But moving on to other news nearly 200 people have died in an avalanche in northern afghanistan, homes, schools and mosques were buried in the Northeastern Province of panjshir and soldiers and volunteers are desperately searching for any survivors but deep snow and remote location are hampering efforts and the risk of more snowfall is raising and Nicole Johnston is in panjshir with an update. Reporter the government of panjshir say there are dozens of villages they cannot contact at the moment and isolated villages high newspaper up in the mountains and down in panjshir an
Statues dating back 200 years. The results of the cricket world cup. We begin in mexico, where police captured one of the countrys most wanted drug lords. Gomezmartinez is the leader of the Knights Templar drug cartel the prime target in the president s drive to regain control of the state. Crossing over to mexico city, we will learn more about the circumstances leading to his capture. The capture happened this morning in the very Early Morning in the southwest mexican state. Federal police apparently captured him without firing a shot and hes now reportedly being transferred to mexico city at the moment, so oh this is a as you say a huge capture in mexico probably the biggest the worlds number one drug dealer. Police and all of Mexico Federal courts have been after him for quite some time, so this is a big deal for them. How do we expect the cartel to respond and what more can you tell us about him . He is an exschoolteacher then turned into organized crime. He formed the cartel using