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Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im Morgan Radford live from new york city. Thousands of mourners say goodbye to former israeli Prime Minister ariel sharon. His body will lie in state and monday will be laid to rest at his family farm in israel. Dignitaries are expected to attend the journal and Vice President joe biden will lead a delegation from the United States. Nick schifrin joins us live from jerusalem. Walk us through the next few hours and days leading up to Ariel Sharons funeral. What protocol will be observed according to jewish law . What you are seeing now is the...

There are tears and cheers in the middle east as a pivotal israeli figure passes away. Former Prime Minister ariel sharon died this morning after eight years in a coma. He was 85 years old. One of Ariel Sharons sons spoke outside the hospital where his father died. Translation thats it. Hes gone. He went when he decided to go many in israel are mourning. The president spoke about the deep love many had for the former Prime Minister. The state of israel mourns today the loss of one of its greatest leaders, former Prime Minister ariel sharon. He was an outstanding man and an exceptional commande...

Or shortterm spending bill and that is why over here at the white house theyre sort of bystanders to all of this and the White House Press secretary josh earnest is waiting for republicans to get this done. Republicans made an aggressive case over the course of last year about why the American People should entrust United States congress to Republican Leadership and here we are, seven or eight weeks into their tenure and theyre on the precipice of fall down on the job. Particularly when thats notable when were talking about something as important as funding the department of Homeland Security....

People who owed shirley money. More than a decade after the killing it didnt have to happen this way. The search for answers continues. I am never going to give up hope . Who did it . Why . Did he ever tell you he wantedup to kill shirley . Absolutely. He said he wanted it to look like a mob hit. Murder on cape cod, who shot shirley reine . Loretta shirley they say time heals. I dont believe in that. Sometimes it gets worse. We were like two peas in a pod. We had a blast. I miss those times. I just miss her. Yeah. I just wish it never happened. It didnt have to happen this way. It really didnt...

Assaulted a woman in 2004. I think there should be an investigation to determine what happened, but certainly her letter reads as quite detailed and suggests that there is credibility there, but there needs to be an investigation to determine what exactly happened. Back to the virginia drama in a few moments. We begin with what you might call investigations, inc, and with the president making clear he is not happy. House democrats have sweeping power, and today offers a glimpse of how they intend to use it to investigate the president and question his cabinet. Today some of the policy on the p...