Trapped in a refugee cam outside of damascus as i. S. I. L. Fighters cane ground. We talk about issues affecting this fragile planet like fracking. We shall employ all means at our disposal to bring the perpetrators to justice. We are in active pursuit of the mastermind of the attack and placed the reward for the information leading to his capture. We begin with a promise from kenyas leader who says hell employ tough measures to bring to justice the gunmen that killed 50 students. Alshabab is threatening to wage a long war against kenyans. The Group Released a statement saying it will make kenyan cities red with blood. The fighters valued to continue the attack until kenyas army is pulled out. Five have been arrested. The president of kenya declared three days of National Mourning for the victim. The bodies of many have been taken to nairobi, where grieving family members gathered. The incident children the killers should have killed grownups, not children. Theanother survivor of the a
Fragile planet. We begin this hour in arkansas where a National Debate over religion and samesex marriage has taken a remarkable twist. There are calls to hutchenson appears determined to avoid the controversy this week thats hounded a fellow republican governor in indiana. Heres more on that story. The governor has been under intense pressure to veto this legislation in the fallout of a similar bill in indiana that just turned into law this week. It sailed through the Arkansas Legislature but today the governor said he will not sign it into law. Instead, he told state law makers to change it and make it more like the federal legislation signed by president clinton in 1993. Supporters say it protects religious freedom by allowing businesses to turn people away not in line with the owners own beliefs. But the bill opponents say opens up the chance for discrimination. Walmart, the ceo, urging the governor not to sign it saying diversity benefits business. Now hutchenson is insisting arka
Agency and rescuing bertha a drill stranded deep below seattle for more than a year. Good evening. Im antonio mora, this is Al Jazeera America. It is just after 5am in Lausanne Switzerland on the deadline day or the iran nuclear talks, secretary of state john kerry and others have 19 hours left to deal on a framework to kerb Irans Nuclear programme. As diplomatic editor james bays reports, theres cautious optimism in the final hours of the talks. Reporter the talks here are in the last most difficult leg. Is it going well secretary kerrry. We are working very hard working hard. Reporter u. S. Secretary of state john kerry has spent most of the past two weeks in lausanne trying to hammer out a deal with his foreign opposition,kerry and zarif have been joined by representatives of p5 1 china, u. K. France germany and russia. It was important, but showed theres no deal ready to be signed yet. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who sort offed in lausanne less than 24 hours earlier dec
That is its not enough. I think that he needs to protect lgbt as a class of people and, you know, i think hes just trying to save face at this point. Critics want the entire law repealed and Sexual Orientation added as a protected class. Something republicans have resisted saying it only protects religious liberties similar to other laws around the country. Opponents say indianas goes much further by protecting businesses not just individuals activists say it could allow stores to refuse to serve gay people. This piece of legislation flies in the face of the kinds of values people across the country. Reporter already businesses have threatened to pull out, conventions have been canceled and new york today throwing connecticut and washington and banning official travel to indiana. The state of indianas brand has obviously taken a hit. Its been very visible, highly visible backlash from across different sectors. Reporter a hit worth deliver delivering kristen cone says. She owns a store
Right now. Right now. Its a fragile planet. The only debate how severe the consequences will be changes to the climate resulted in rising sea levels accelerating ice melts and rising textures. Its not clear that californias 4year long drought is related to global warming. Thats because california has a history of drought going back centuries. What is clear is this time is different. 2014 was the driest i cant remember on record. The state has been keeping track since the 1880s. Snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain reign, the source of water, is expected to fall to 8 of capacity this year. The situation is so dire that governor jerry brown ordered a 25 reduction in water use for all urban areas. But that order doesnt cover the huge Agricultural Sector using 86 of the water allocated for use. Farmers are forced to contend with smaller allocations of orders. That is to let farmers keep land fallow or use water efficiently. It encouraged many to dig wells and tap into the groundwater su