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Will be christened today in front of a very small group of royal family members. Good morning. Welcome to aljazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im thomas drayden. To do a federal trial gets underway to determine if the largest municipal bankruptcy filing can move forward. With detroit more than 20 billion in debt, there is little doubt it is in dire financial straits. A city manager has taken over and proposed cutting worker pensions and benefits to help the city get back on track. Labor unions and retirees will argue rolling back pensions view lathes the states constitution. The bankruptcy itse...

Place. The first rounds of finger pointing over the federal website took place. They say full tests of the website should have been carried out months i have not advance but began two weeks before the rollout. They blame government officials for making last minute changes just prior to launching the site. Finally, they say the administration did not allow window shopping on the site, increasing the volume of traffic that caused registration glitches. The experts often took a back seat to the republicans and democrats asking the questions. So you didnt test it prior to october 1 . No,ness. When...

The chancellor of germany Angela Merkel had tough questions to president obama. She made a phone call to the president to ask whether the u. S. Had been tapping her cellphone, spying on her private conversations. Even though germany is a strong ally to america she warned spying would constitute a breach of trust. Alan fisher has the latest. The German Government must have been sure something was going on, going public with allegations that the americans spied on Angela Merkels phone. The chancellor phoned the white house. I can assure you the president assured the chancellor of the germany tha...

Some of the contractors who built it are going to have some explaining to do. Were going to bring that to you live in just a few minutes. First we explain just how we got here. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to probe the glitches on the federal Website Health care. Gov. House republicans long opposed to the penaltys Affordable Care act are expected to grill the definiteliors of the system. The rollout is nothing short of a debacle. On wednesday, health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius met with c. E. O. S of Insurance Companies at the white ...

A very good morning to you and welcome to aljazeera america. Its god to have you with us. The rollout of president obamas signature legislation, the Affordable Care act has been taking a beating on many fronts, but most criticism is focused on the federal website where people are supposed to sign up for insurance plans. Its still not working properly. Later today, some of the contractors who built the website will have some explaining to do. Theyre going to appear at the house energy committee. We begin our coverage. Lawmakers will be ready to pounce today at the first of three hearings to pro...