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This city comes here. Coming up ill be talking to people who pick through this garbage to earn a living. Now the latest developments in the war in yemen, the saw sdi lead coalition is keeping up its air strikes. The Defense Ministry in the capitol of sanaa has been a target hit. Pakistans parliament have voted to stay neutral in the war. But there was some relief for the people when planes carrying medical aid were able to land for the First Time Since air strikes began more than two weeks ago. ...

You are watching Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Iraqs government is sending shia militiamen to a key western city that has fallen to isil. The u. S. Lead coalition carried out more than a dozen air strikes in iraq just in the last 24 hours. But the humanitarian situation is continuing to get worse. The u. N. Says more than 25,000 have fled the city. Ramadi is the biggest defeat for iraqs government since last year when isil took control of the city of mosul. The u. S. Is saying in t...

Rubble after an air strike hits the capitol. And the expo already overshadowed by corruption scandals and delays. And as statutes of recent whistleblowers are unveiled in berlin airbus says it is suing germany for helping the u. S. Hello thank you for joining us. Six Police Officers in the u. S. City of baltimore will Face Criminal Charges over the deaths of a black man who suffered fatal injuries while in police custody. State prosecutor marilyn mossby said freddie grays death was a homicide. T...

House and Senate Leaders arrived at the white house a short time ago. A live picture from the white house. They are holding their first facetoface meeting there with president obama since the shutdown began on tuesday. Libby casey is on capitol hill, but we begin with Mike Viqueira at the white house. Why did the president call this meeting, mike . The simple fact that they are meeting represents progress. The big question is there any Movement Towards resolving this dispute even as we head into...

[ technical difficulties ] but they just did not talk to each other, now the debate over ending the Government Shutdown has also become about the debt ceiling. Libby we are hearing reports that harry reid could rollout a standalone measure to raise the debt ceiling. What are you hearing about that . Thats right, dell. Watch for that today. A bill like that would still have to ultimately pass the house which as you know would be a heavy lift. A bill like this would require 60 votes to overcome a ...

Way tend to the long and bloody conflict. Friends of syria are meeting in laughon done today trying to get Opposition Forces to take part in a proposed peace conference in geneva. You can win at the negotiating table, but it may take a long time, a lot of loss of life, and potential destruction to win on the battlefield. So i think they see that. I think they see something very positive in that. And our hope is that this conference will begin. It will never be easy. Phil neither leader is going ...

Go green in the aloha state. You can call it the big chill part two on the heels of a major cold front that socked large parts of the nation last week, another one has arrived and it may be worse, packing some of the coldest temperatures this country has felt in more than 20 years. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im stephanie sy. A widespread arctic blast known as the polar vortex will bring freezing winds impacting 140 Million People across 45 states and exposure to this dangero...

Bombing. Im in michigan where huge amounts of snow have effectively blocked off much of the northeast. Im in london, declassified documents showed libya warned of violence the night before a British Police woman was killed by gunmen 30 years ago. The United Nations has said that rebels in south sudan are marching towards the capital, but the government is denying the report saying rebels are nowhere near. Most violence has been in northern towns, but it appears the rebels have set their sights o...

European princess, now a formal suspect. Spains christina is summoned over fraud and money laundering. And one of the biggest olympic operations in its history. One month before the winter games. Iraqs go is struggling to regain control of the two main cities in the countrys biggest province. A missile strike has killed 25 people. And in falujah much of the city is evacuated. Military reinforcements are preparing for a fullon offensive with the help of some of the local tribes. And it is these t...

Walking out on officials. It is raining at this hour in Washington State and that could complicate the search efforts there. Crews continue to dig through the debris. Now the victims are being identified, a grandmother, a native veteran, a high school custodian, and librarian. Sabrina is in arlington, washington, where a press conference is getting underway. And they are warning everyone the death toll will rise sharply. Yes, we heard that last night in their press briefing that the numbers coul...