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Revealing breakdown of the wealthiest around the world the 1 doing better than ever. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city im tony harris. A tentative assess fire is holding. Houthis surrounded the president s residence but it was the rebel attack on the president ial palace that shook sanaa. Nine people were killed in what is considered a coup. There are questions over who controls yemen. Omar al saleh reports. The building is a symbol of who wields power in yemen. Something thats ...

Light years away. We begin tonight with the count they are is the home base for alqaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. It is a country in chaos right now. And the Prime Minister residence surrounded by opposition fors. An attack today on the president ial palace left nine people dead. The fighting is raising new fears about yemen. Omar salar reports. Reporter the fighting is being heard from blocks away. Government forces and Houthi Rebels have been battling near the president ial palace since early ...

And trading hacks turns out the u. S. Hacked north korea before the Sony Pictures attack. We begin with a look at the president s state of the Union Address. Mr. Obama is expected to call tomorrow for a like in taxes for wealthy. Hes also expected to propose tripling the childcare tax credit and lowering College Tuition all by the economy. Tom harken has more. The Silver Lining with the gdp poomg the fastest growth since 1999. The gas prices dropping to 2 a gallon as an average across the countr...

Breaking news with mcdonalds. Secondquarter earnings is just out. It looks like a pretty difficult quarter for the company. One dollar and . 44 per share. For 7. 3ates were billion. Global con sales are relatively unchanged. The u. S. Was actually down 1. 5 . Look great does not either. It tompany is expecting be negative. In israel, more than 600 evil have died. State issecretary of calling on hamas to cease fire. Lets bring in elliott. What are the chances a secretary kerry has any ceasefire ....

Cannot be allowed to redraw the map of europe. That is exactly what they are doing. Those talks in moscow said to begin at 1030 eastern time. Oil is now headed for the biggest twoweek gain in 17 years. Brent crude is up 9 this week after rising more than 8 last week. West texas intermediate up 4 today to over 52 a barrel. We are less than 30 minutes away from the january jobs report. According to economist employees added 230,000 jobs last month. Radioshack has turned rumor into reality. The Con...

[ room noise ] [ room noise ] so the House Rules Committee taking a break here. When members return, this meeting will continue live on our companion network cspan 2. On the house floor votes are currently under way. Members are voting on two bills including one that aims to prevent suicides among veterans. The measure requires an annual thirdparty review of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention programs at the png and veteran affairs department. Thats live now on cspan. And in the senate today t...

Are all gone. There are still world war ii veterans left, about 1. 1 million. About 700 die every day. If you get the opportunity, go talk to one. It could be any veteran from anywhere. It could be these gentlemen, a grandfather or grandmother. Just do it. Just talk to them. And let them tell you what it was like. But its such an honor to have you here and thank you for your participation today and good luck to all of you. [applause] also at the conference for ilitary veterans two honor recipien...

Us, how can we better serve our people whenever we become commissioned officers . He wants to borrow 100. [laughter] that would be easier. He wants to know how the Younger Generation when they become commissioned officers how can they best serve this country like your generation served our country . Well, i dont know exactly how to answer that because the training that you young people are having and have had doesnt come anywhere near to the lack of training that we had when we were young. I enl...

In 1861 and several years later on march 25, 1863, the first medal of honor was presented to u. S. Army private jacob. Since then only 6,000 have been awarded. To americas soldiers, sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen. 3,470 represents a very small fraction of the tens of millions of women who have served in uniform. As of today, there are only 79 living recipients of the medal of honor and im pleased to be here with two of these american heroes. Our first served for 27 years and treaved medal...

And talked and there were whistles and calls and the air force got up and the navy got up and the students were giving them the old raspberry. And the marine got up and said there is nobody in this room i want in this room in my military you are all undisciplined. And he crude out the faculty and picked up his gear and walked off stage. At the end of the auditorium i was one of 13 guys that stood at his table. He put his table back together and we talked and i joined the United States marine cor...