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Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The icy temperatures encasing the country are having a deadly impact. The brutal weather is blamed on 21 deaths nationwide. Tuesday was one of the coldest january days for much of the u. S. While some spots are getting a break, warming up a little, for other places the cold is coming. The muchtyped polar vortex blanketed much of the nation with freezing temperatures. Some areas were colder than antarctica, and it pinched the deep s...

And we begin with breaking news, the u. S. Air force reports one of its helicopters have crashed in the united kingdom. There are reports of four people killed. The helicopter went down during a Training Mission on the east coast of great britain. Local police have cordoned off a quarter mile area around the scene, which is near an u. S. Air base. More on this story coming up. Well try to reach phil ittner for the very latest. The deep freeze has turned deadly, 11 people have died. People who ha...

He was 85 years old. Nick schifrin is in jerusalem. How are people acting to the news . You said it. He was a controversial polarizing figure throughout his life and in his death. Israelis beloved him. He was dubbed king eric because of his military victories using his original first name. He was hated by arabs who called him a brutal bulldozer. More than anyone he defined the israeli state. First as a soldier in the 1950s. He created a Commando Unit that created ruthless reprisals. He was a mil...

Manuel wins a confidence vote. And the fed wondering if the market will be rocked today again. Its releasing minutes from last months meeting. Youre watching worldwide exchange, bringing you Business News from around the globe. Well talk about toyota in just a second. Before that, we have news coming out from angela merkel, the german chancellor that is not clear that russias help to deescalate the ukraine situation will help ukraine to decide about its own future. And well keep our eyes on what...

Isnt here. If if there wanted to be an audit done and that audit showed that that 90 floor was too high or not high enough, that might be be a way to go, but i think to put it as a ceiling put it as a ceiling would be dangerous. Okay. Rchltsz i yield. I have other questions for mr. Hamrick. There are six cases of misuse under your office, is that right . My office has conducted six investigations that were referred to us by the osc. There were ten total referrals, right . I thats the number. Oka...

Game. Do you believe the u. S. iranian agreement was detriment to the security the way it was negotiated to release sanctions at the time they did . Do you think it was detrimental to do that . I think it was. Up until the time of this agreement we said this was not permitted. Ambassador, what do you think . [ inaudible ] your microphone please. Reporting from the ie indicates iran is down blended invenn inventory to 20 . I think it speaks about cooperation. What weve seen is there has been move...

Mention from every leader to that workforce. And important things. We are doing lots of experimentation in expanding telecommuting, changing the environment within the organization. But i think when that message comes across from all of the leaders, many of whom are seated in front of me today, that message comes across from all of the leaders about the importance and the value that they place in employees that i think translates well. The better that workforce does, the more efficient they are,...

Bergmaier to comment about anything hes heard during the questioning period so far with our two distinguished witnesses. Yes. Thank you. I think when it comes to the investment promises that at ts making, i would urge the subcommittee to basically put them in context. I think a lot of at ts numbers consist of upgrades, adding a fixed wireless product to a fixed wireless coverage area. That might be some amount of investment, but it is less than an initial buildout. I think its important to put i...

We dont have leverage the way were operating currently. Even the thought that were going to have a conversation with iran about this solution, you can imagine all the calls we get from our partners about what an awful idea that is. Some of these things they need to stop talking at that level and start applying strategic solution to this so we can show disruption, stop their momentum, hurt their command in control, hurt their logistics base, make them have to reconsider what aggressive offensive ...

Lewis, national chairman, student nonviolent committee, john lewis. Be patient and wait, we must not be patient. We dont want our freedom gradually, we want to be free now. Lewis was arrested or jailed at least 40 times in the 60s. This year we commemorated the march in selma known as bloody sunday where he was beaten and tore men tormented by the police. Lyndon johnson introduced a bill called the civil rights act. He was elected to the u. S. House in 1987. Many remember him as the conscience o...