This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im tony harris. The last charge of a Chemical Spill in West Virginia has pled guilty. Robert ray is at the courthouse. Its been a year and a half in the making. Since West Virginia residents here in charleston, nine counts were effected by a Chemical Spill that went into the elk river. That caused by Freedom Industries here. Five of the executives pled guilty already, and the last one, the main guy, gary southern, has pled guilty to charges. Hell plead guilty in september. They walked into the court a little earlier. Are you the example of a greedy executive who doesnt care about people. Sir, excuse us. Even though the executives have already pled guilty and will face fines and potential jail time, many of the 300,000 people effected here a year and a half ago still want answers from government agencies. They wonder why they were sick. Why the entire area smelled of lick russ and why still some are having nausea because of this Chemical
Refugee family making the precarious crossing from turkey to the greek islands. Well have all the days sport including. [applause] the new president as the sports struggles in its wake of doping allegations. Hello, we start this news hour in yemen. A country described by the u. N. s Children Agency one of the most terrifying places in the world to be a child. In the latest alert unicef say that children are dying every day. Those who survive live in constant fear of being killed. Since the war escalated in march, 398 children have died, and 605 have been injured. Children are also being forced to fight in the war with unicef confirming that 377 have been recruited as child soldiers. Children are going hungry with 1. 8 million expected to suffer malnutrition. The worlds food program said that a fifth of yemens population is severely food insecure, and fending on urgent help to survive. Once their playground these streets are now a battleground. For the children of yemen, war means being
Over a newly revealed document that uses iran to use one of its own inspectors to investigate one of its most sensitive nuclear sites. On the front line. There has been an al shabaab ambush on the road. Al jazeera on the front lines, as government does battle with al shabaab rebels. And the next big thing. People right anow will end up on television, will end up in films made by hollywood producers. Fringe festival is on, as artists take center stage to showcase their talents. Good evening im antonio mora. This is lo al jazeera america. We begin in yemen where the tide is turning once again in the battle for the control of the war torn country. For the second day in a row Houthi Rebels launched an attack on progovernment rebels in the south. At least five government fighters were killed in the attack. This latest offensive marks a rebound for the houthis. The group has spent weeks retreating as those allied with the pro government rebels, and the head of the u. N. s World Food Program
Today we start out on the humid side as we walk outside you will feel the humidity today. Temperatures are not going to be as hot but its muggy. Muggy 77 degrees to start the day. We like 7s. North port and massapequa is 73. Hauppauge 75 and east hampton 74. Toms river 66 there with a wind out of the southwest today. By the time we get to the afternoon, 83 to 86 degrees. Its not as hot. You tack on the humidity, it will feel like 90. Its wednesday. I will give you the forecast for the weekend. How is that . Awesome. I love that. Okay, great. I have an ugly picture of the fdr coming up for you right here. It is bumper to bumper. A sea of brake lights heading on the northbound side. Its because of a construction project that leaves the right lane open. Where is it . Lets go to the maps. Fdr southbound from 96 to 79th. Northbound from 63rd up to 96th street. We have street cleaning rules in effect. Michelle over to you. Thank you so much, heather. Safe and sound. Relief for Rosie Odonnell
He walked out but was take were to the hospital. The womans with trapped 75 to 100 up the cliff. We have seen the coast guard helicopter assessing the situation and flying by, and firefighters do not believe she is injured. The dogs are not stuck. Animal really is here. If they can get the dogs uncontrol it makes it easier for the firefighters. The second option is to use nonlethal weapons on them possibly bean bag gun to get them away from the woman. The helicopter is expected in the next 30 minutes and they are swapping out pilots in San Francisco. Francisco. We will monitor the situation thanks, matt, and now a check on the weather on this wednesday morning and find out if you need a jacket. That would be a good idea, a hoodie for the kids or a light jacket and, notice, live doppler hd showing the next three hours are bone dry and we are partly cloudy with shades of blue in the sky and in the bay water from the exploritorium camera. The next 12 hours 55 to 62 and tons of sun and gra