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good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. i m morgan radford. al qaeda s effort to exploit the lack of security in iraq and syria appears to be gaining traction. in iraq two cities are under siege by al qaeda-linked fighters. more alarming is the violence could set off an all-out sectarian war as sunni anger towards the shia-led government intensifie intensifies. despite how bad the fighting has gotten secretary of state john kerry says, this is a fight that belongs to the iraqis, we are not contemplating returning. al qaeda-linked groups have taken control of fallujah. the other province, ramadi, is under siege. it was one of the most dangerous places during the iraq war, where 1300 coalition soldiers were killed. the the group calls it s the islamic state of levant and wants to set up a sunni state in iraq, and across the border in syria and other countries. it s taken control of parts of syria. we go imran khan for more on the fighting. fighters fro ....
unemployment check, your defense job, the entire economy, you name it. all of it is at stake if the country goes over the fiscal cliff. it s a cliff that lawmakers built. they set the tuesday deadline, they knew it was coming for more than a year. but even now, they have done little to agree to a package before that time. keeping them honest, the people in this building have known what s coming on tuesday, yet they re only returning to this building to get back to work just now. senators came back yesterday. house members, well, they woet be back until sunday. this afternoon, house and senate leaders met with president obama at the white house. they talked for about an hour. afterwards, president obama said he was modestly optimistic. bypassing house speaker john boehner who had trouble getting his fellow republicans to agree to anything, the president called on senate majority and minority leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell to work out a deal and then present it to ....
lovely to see you. you, too. and that s, piers. we begin with breaking news about your employment, your paycheck, all of it is at stake if the country kbs over the fiscal cliff. it s a cliff that the lawmakers built. they ve set the tuesday deadline, they ve known it was coming for more it and a year. but until now they ve done little to agree on tax increases on tax cuts until that time. people in this building have none what s coming on tuesday yet they re only returning to get back to work just now. senate came back yesterday. house members, well, they won t be back until sunday. this afternoon house on senate leaders met with president obama at the white house. they talked for about an hour. afterwards president obama said he was modestly optimistic. bypassing house speaker john boehner, who has had trouble getting his fellow republicans to agree to anything, the president called on senate majority on minority leads are harry reid on mitch mcconnell to work out ....
we begin with breaking news about your employment, your paycheck, all of it is at stake if the country goes over the fiscal cliff. it s a cliff that the lawmakers built. they ve set the tuesday deadline, they ve known it was coming for more it and a year. but until now they ve done little to agree on tax increases on tax cuts until that time. people in this building have none what s coming on tuesday yet they re only returning to get back to work just now. senate came back yesterday. house members, well, they won t be back until sunday. this afternoon house on senate leaders met with president obama at the white house. they talked for about an hour. afterwards president obama said he was modestly optimistic. bypassing house speaker john boehner, who has had trouble getting his fellow republicans to agree to anything, the president called on senate majority on minority leads are harry reid on mitch mcconnell to work out a deal on then present it to the house. he also lai ....
they are trying to find a last minute compromise to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff, respect senator olympia snowe is saying that it s a bigger sign of a bigger crisis. what is deeply troubling is you cannot get congress and the president to reach any agreement on anything. the latest on the fiscal cliff negotiations in a few minutes. a 31-year-old woman has been charged with second degree murder as a hate crime in connection with a subway death in new york city. they identified the woman as erica ericamenendez in new york. the victim was a store owner and graphic designer. witnesses described a womani pacing the platform and talking to herself before pushing the victim on the tracks as a train entered the stadium. the video shows a woman running from the scene. a airliner smashed into a highway in russia. four of the crew were killed, no passengers were on board and no one on the highway was injured. it was arriving when it over shot the run way. a lot o ....