Prepares to address the nation on the rise of islamaphobia. This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. There were firey words today at a congressional hearing on the flint water crisis in washington, d. C. A House Committee is grilling officials at this hour trying to determine who was to blame for the contaminated water in flint. But the man at the center of the crisis not going to be there. The emergency manager not going to testify even though he has been subpoenaed to do so. He is the man that changed the water supply at the order of the state. All officials under fire throughout the morning. What has been said. Reporter that hearing is ongoing. There are residents from flint, as they are cheering as they are trying to figure out who is to blame. Most importantly, the managesy manager is absent. And we are hearing criticism from members of congress over the fact that Darnell Earley did not show up. Its disappointing that former emergency manager earley had hi
Testimony nation scandal as lead is found in another towns supply. Hello there. Syrian Government Forces have recaptured two towns in the north of the country, all part of a major offensive around aleppo that has seen syrias military tightening its grip on the region, capturing a number of strategically important sites. They are trying to cut rebel supply lines to aleppo, syrias secondbiggest city, and also those supply lines to the Turkish Border. With support of russian air strikes they have captured two areas. Now they have broken through rebelheld territory north of aleppo to reach progovernment villages. All part of a wider objective by the Syrian Military to cut off rebel fighters in the north and prevent reinforcements from getting through. Zana hoda joins us live now from the turkish city near the bother with syria. I guess about 75, 80 kilometers from where all of this is happening. What are you hearing . Reporter they are reporting that Government Troops along with their alli
And latin america countries meet to tackle the zika virus outbreak. We begin this news hour with news from occupied East Jerusalem, three palestinians have been shot and killed by Israeli Police there. Israeli police say the palestinians had opened fire at the damascus gate. Two officers have been critically injured and transferred to hospital we understand. This is the first time that three palestinians have been killed in the same place since the up surge of violence that began in october. Live to our correspondent who is live for us. Any more detail about what happened earlier . Reporter well, foley, a very serious and violent incident just outside the main gates leading into the old city. Three palestinians men, all of them in their 20s, all from the occupied west bank, have been shot dead. Now according to Israeli Police, they carried out an attack in which two Israeli Police women were very seriously injured. They have since been taken to hospital where they remain in critical co