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82 Miles Per Hour, that is how fast federal investigators say a commuter train was traveling before i derailed sunday outside new york city. The train was heading into a dangerous curve and should have been going 30 Miles Per Hour. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, its good to have you with us, im thomas. Crews used heavy equipment to clear the crash scene and turned the derailed cars upright and put them back on the tracks. Al jazeera erica has the latest on the investigation and ...

European union. A rescue operation is underway in south sudan after the killing of at least two u. N. Peace keeping soldiers in the state. Violence spread across the country after an alleged coup on sunday. The rescue operation was launched after the lost contact with its base in the small remote town of ocovo county and its 4 kilometers long and close to ethopian order and homes on the market and the primary school. The local hospital is nearby. And we are in the capitol juba where many are try...

British soldier to death, the two men that want add religious war convicted of murder. And bridging the divide between the u. S. And iran, look at the latest offering from latest winning director. But first, south sudan, the u. N. T says one of its compounds has come under attack. The government has confirmed it has lost the city of bore in that state to rebels. We will cross the u. N. Head guarders for more on that, but first the latest on the situation on the ground. South sudans president has...

To healthcare and even a spy program. Last year the president was elected to serve another term in his promise . Mike viqueira is live at the white house with what we might be able to expect. Mi services, and once against its about Affordable Care act, obamacare. It has been decided that if you had your insurance canceled, you ares ares a exempt at least temporarily from the individual mandate the Insurance Industry is very much against this move. This comes just four days before the december de...

Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The n. S. A. Has been under fire for months following Edward Snowdens disclosure of its mass if collection of phone records in the u. S. And around the world. As alan fisher reports a president ial panel is calling for changes in the way the n. S. A. Does its business. A surveillance review report is due to be published but is pushed out by the white house. The highlights the n. S. A. Will no longer keep a phone database, it will be h...

And i have the sport and hear what the managers have to say about the stalemate at chelsea and the football returns to egypt and we will find out why the players may find that league lonely place to be. These were the scenes in the early hours of this morning as a powerful explosion tore through a Police Headquarters in egypt, its the second time the building has been attacked raising any concerns about security and not just there but elsewhere in the country and it was detonated in the city of ...

Medical treatment they cant get at home. Welcome to the program. South sudans army said it lost control of the capital. Half of the people are seeking shelter with the united nations. It comes days after an alleged attempted coup. East african Foreign Ministers will travel to the country to end the fighting. It raises fears of a civil war and force thousands to seek shelter with the u. N. In the worlds newest country many people are finding themselves without a home. The u. N. Says up to 20,000 ...

It is already Christmas Day in beth los angele bethlehem, tf people from around the world have garth toerd celebrate the birth of jesus as nick reports, many of the faithful were on hand for Midnight Mass at the church of the native at this. Reporter thousands of pill grahams from all over the world have flocked to that church behind me. Its actually the largest turn out in decades, thats boosting hopes for peace here in this holy city in this little town of bethlehem. Here in bethlehem, a solem...

Members of pussy riot to president putin. Our top story out of lebanon where former finance minister, Mohamad Chatah has been assassinated in a bomb blast in beirut. At least five other people were killed. A car bomb targeted a convoy in the soldare neighborhood. A daring ariel castro in downtown posh business district. Chatahs car was tossed in the air and planted here. Chatah was a close aide and top advisor to former Prime Minister, and a leading figure in the future movement. Explosion took ...

Longterm Unemployment Benefits ran out. A live line for life line for 1. 3 million people. They are cut off. They wont be getting what they used to go a little over 1,000. It start at the height of the recession. Since then it cost 225 billion since 2008. The u. S. Economy is adding jobs, but is well short of a total before the bottom fell out of the Labour Market in 2007. The hardest hit are the longterm unemployment, 4. 9 million will exhaust emergency benefits during 2014, unless Congress Act...