Resign. Plus. Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated new orleans, the city remembers its dead. The sentencing of three al jazeera journalists in egypt was condemned worldwide. The three were given three year jail terms on charges of helping the now banned Muslim Brotherhood. Al jazeera called a verdict a deliberate attack on press freedom. Hope, then heart break in an egyptian courtroom as two journalists return to prison. A retrial was supposed to give them a Second Opportunity to clear their names. Instead, justice was denied yet again. I dont know how im going to survive this without him. The judge said he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air and they were sentenced to more prison time. 3 years for two and 3. 5 for another. They have spent more than a year behind bars already. The one with wont serve the time because hes deported in australia but it will limit his ability to work as a foreign correspondent.
Lebanon. We have the latest on the you stink protest movement. Well have all the latest from sport, including the championships in beijing where usain bolt has snagged his third gold medal after anchoring the relay teams for a fourth successive 4 x 400 meters title. Deliberate attack on press freedom Egyptian Court sentence three al jazeera journalists to jail. Peter greste, who was sentenced in abstentia, said that the verdict was political. Hope then heartbreak in an Egyptian Courtroom. The retrial was supposed to give mohamed fahmy, Baher Mohammed and peter greste a Second Opportunity to clear their names. Instead justice was denied yet again. I dont know how im going to survive this without him. He did nothing. The judge said that he wanted to make clear to the people of egypt that these men were not journalists and doctored videos for air. Then he sentenced them to more prison time. Three years for fahmy and greste. Three and a half for mohammed. Theyve already spend more than a t
Of beirut. Plus the long walk across europe continues for thousands of refugees. Some are taking extreme risks to find a new life. Back in doha, well have all the sport including the latest in beijing. Usain bolt has won his third gold medal. Hello, the legitimate journalists unjustly convicted. Thats how al jazeera is describing the sentencing of three of our journalists to three years in an egyptian prison. Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and egyptian Baher Mohammed, and peter greste were sentenced to three years in egyptian prison. They were arrested in december of 2013. They were convictewent to trial in february 2014, and in june they were found to supporting Muslim Brotherhood and working out a permit. They would spend 400 days in detention. Al jazeera has always vigorously denied the allegations. The next legal step is to file an appeal before the Egyptian Court of concession. Hope, then heartbreak in an Egyptian Courtroom as two journalists returned to prison. A retrial was supposed to
Testimony, something we have never done before. The five individuals that we issued subpoenas to where danny pomo personal deputy undersecretary for benefits, diana rubin is director of the philadelphia Regional Office, ms. Kimberly grace director of the st. Paul Regional Office, mr. Robert mckendrick director of the Los Angeles Regional Office, mr. Antoine waller director of the baltimore Regional Office. We learned at our last hearing the ig report lays out the alleged abuse of vas relocation permanent change of station programs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money and now ms. Rubin sent ms. Gray said apparently in a properly use their positions of authority to put their own personal and financial benefits ahead of veterans, taxpayers and their subordinates. As the saying goes a pictures worth a thousand words a lets start with a map and describe in the simplest terms what tonights hearing is all about. You can look at the screen appear. Initially ms. Graves and
Welcome to countdown. A very good morning. Two deals have fallen through. What is going on . Reneges ont murdoch a 25 billion dollar offer for time warner when everybody thought it was not going to go anywhere, does it matter . This has me puzzled for little bit. Of course it matters. Not everyone recognized the capitulation. If you look at the share price, investors thought he would still go for it. Secondly, he has thrown a bone back to foxx investors. It is something they have not they were not anticipating. It is a bit rushed. We have both time warner and fox reporting this morning. You can imagine trying to defend. I think it is fascinating they decide to pull out of this deal so quickly. Maybe they misjudged the timing. The buyback, what does it mean for shareholders . Here we go. Share price reaction was dramatic. 6 . Shares rose about i love market psychology. Time warner shares were just above 85. That was the bid price. Though shares fell 14 , down to 73. So much for the time