This this this this. Cobbkabul. There are eight men running. Three considered to be the frontrunners. He holds a ph. D. In cultural an throppology and worked for the world bank for over a decade and dami rasul. The top pick. His running mate for Vice President is a woman. He is also unmarried, which is kind of unusual for a politicians in afghanistan. Abdula abdula ran in 2005, finishing a distant second to a former eye doctor. He has also served with afghanistans foreign minister. Joining us to discuss this is Richard Barrett do any of these bode well in the longterm Security Agreements . All of them are prepared to sign the bilateral Security Agreement with the United States. I think thats generally the position of most politicians in this afghanistan now that they understand there is a need and a continuing need for external support, not just for their forces but also for the economy more generally. So is most of the politicians in afghanistan in favor of this longterm Security Agre
Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. The deep freeze spreading across the country is now impacting 187 million americans in 26 states. Many places are experiencing recordlow temperatures usually found in the north and south poles and the monday temperature was minus 37 in minnesota. Records for the day were set in chicago where it was 16 below. And tulsa, oklahoma where it was minus two. All of the temperatures dont take the biting wind into account which makes it feel even worse. We have Live Team Coverage of the dangerous cold weather and erica is in new york which dropped 40 degrees over the last 24 hours but we begin with tonya mosley in detroit where right now its 13 below 0 and she is outside. Good morning, tonya. Good morning, its hard to describe what sub zero temperatures feel like. The only word i can think of is painful. As i was heading out this morning, i tried to open the front door and it was frozen and once i got outside it wasnt much better.
House majority leader eric cantor announced an hour and a half ago that hes stepping down from his majority post. A stunning defeat at the hands of a tea party backed economic professor. Thethe republicans will choose his successor next week. I said it three or four times now, an unprecedented loss. We heard from cantor about 90 minutes or so ago. What did he have to say . Reporter first of all he thanked his constituents for their support for his term of service for the past 13 and a half years. He was elected in 2001. He refused to speculate as to the reasons of his defeat. He said he would leave that up to the analysis. He would resign his post effective july 31st. None of the analysts saw this coming. It was a shock. Here is a seventerm congressman with a wellfunded war chest, 5 million. He goes down in defeat to an unknown College Professor who spent 120,000 to win the primary election. The first time in history that sit a sitting majority leader of any party has gone down in defe
This is real money. You are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind by sweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up at facebook. Com ali velshi. 13 years after alqaeda attacked america and after a decade of wars in iraq and afghanistan the Islamic State group has forced president obama to rally support from allies, congress, and the American People to destroy a group of brutal militants who have gained control over large parts of iraq and syria. The u. S. Will lead what the pentagon is now saying is a Broad Coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. Thats a quote. The president said this will involve, a comprehensive and sustained strategy. He said it wont involve American Forces on the ground but instead will rely on a, quote, steady relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist using our air power and our support for Partner Forces on the ground, end quote. And part of the strategy will involve cutting off the groups access to money. Tonight the United S
Host this morning, lots of articles taking a look at this, but oneyear anniversary of the publication of disclosures made by former nsa contractor Edward Snowden. Lets take a look at the roll Call Technology blog. To protest the mass surveillance activities, our group is banding together for tougher website encryption and wider use of privacy tools full onlyits not the highprofile event happening on june 5, the anniversary of the publication of the first therdianstory spurred by Edward Snowden weeks. Of course, given that the nsa can crack some of the most sophisticated encryption out there, its not clear how much good the protest will do. Still, the group is plowing ahead with a campaign. That is a topic we will hear a lot about on capitol hill today. Joining us to have that discussion is rob margetta, a Technology Reporter for cq. Com. Thanks for joining us this morning. Guest thank you for having me. Host tell us about this hearing later today. Reviewthis will be the that focuses on