Hello. We begin with the latest on the tensions between north and south kree y it looks like there is a last minute attempt to mediate the dispute. Right now its centered on the large loud speakers. We are hearing that top aides are due to meet. Harry is on the south korean border. It looks like both sides are looking for a way out of this. Reporter it does seem that way judging but the personnel that are going to be involved in the meeting. The deadline for the ending of loud speaker broadcast that north korea was saying, 5 00 p. M. Local time or 5 30. In the last couple of hours. The south korean president s office confirming that there would be a meeting an hour after that at 6 00 p. M. Local time here between the very senior military figure from north korea, the head of the Political Bureau of the Korean Peoples Army meeting the International Security adviser here in the south as well as the head of both countries essentially the ministries for korean relations will be attending th
This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. A texas man accused of killing a Police Officer for no apparent reason will be arraigned on capital murder charge today. The prosecutors told the judge that shannon miles shot the officers 15 times at a gas station friday night. Robert ray is live in houston. The prosecutor gave details over the horrific shooting. Yes, indeed, this was a probable cause Statement Read by the judge just about an hour or so ago here in houston text. Shannon miles, 30 years old, came in shackles, looked around the room. In the front row were the family and relstive o relatives of the officer. He was shot. Heahere are the details. 15 times in the back by a smith and wesson. The ballistics were traced back to shannon miles. Now what we know is that the motive is unclear at this point, randall, but the gruesome murder happened just three days ago. You can see the male get out of the car. White tshirt, shorts, dennis chutes. He runs up be
Why president obama renamed north americas tallest mountain, and why its causing controversy. This is Al Jazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city im randall pinkston. The tekz texas man charged in the executionstyle shooting of a Houston Area Police officer is due in court this morning. Police are trying to find a motive but think the officer may have been targeted because of his uniform. John henry smith here. Whats the suspects family saying . Randall, the mother of suspect shannon miles says her son could not possibly be guilty of killing Deputy Darren goforth because he was shopping with her at the time according to her. Authorities say the tenyear veteran of the force was gunned down around 8 30 p. M. Friday night from behind at a gas station near houston. Miles was taken into custody a half mile from the shooting scene. He has an extensive arrest record over the last decade, but theres no previous interactions between the suspect and the deputy. The Harris County sh
Morning, 4b low zero. That will be the feels like reading. So we will have blustery conditions, coming our way. It will be the the coldest we have seen since last winter. We will talk more about that coming up later in the broadcast but what about tonight, an area roads, our meteorologist kate bilo is with the mobile weather lab in the overbrook section of philadelphia with more on what to expect tonight hit kate. Hi kathy. We saw sun coming out and a little glimpse have blue sky before the darkness set in here. That was nice to see after a day, hit by light snow and traffic problems all across the a area we are in the Overbrook Farms section of the city. No audio. Well, the snow gremlins interrupting kate we will get back on the road later on. Our thanks to her and kathy as well. From those icy road let talk about the bitter cold now. Local authorities are reminding are have one it will be dangerously cold as temperatures plumet throughout the night. Our Team Coverage continues now wi
One of ubers Top Executive is taking a ride home. The cfo is stepping down to spend more time with his family. And what a way to kick off the week. It seems like st. Pattys day came early for wall street. A rebound and the nasdaq posting a better than 1 gain. What made it interesting is that Oil Prices Hit a six year low. Typically theres a correlation between stock and oil prices. This time around doesnt seem to be the case. Thats looking at one day and one of the interesting factors of the last three or so weeks is it has been in correlation with oil prices. One daybreaking with that mold is too short of a time frame to draw conclusions from. But what is of interest as well is its the best day in 1. 5 months and the worst day for the dollar index in over one month as well. The stronger dollar and expectations of what the fed is about to to has been a big influence. It will be interesting to see how janet yellen addresses the currency war taking place on the global scale and if she wi