Stay updated with breaking news from Nigeria authors. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
the shutdown continues after the house and congress continue to fight over the budget. republicans are saying they will not raise the debt limit without negotiations. that is something the house with says it does not support. we re joined by randall pinkston at the white house. and speaker boehner says he is not drawing any lines in the sand, has there been any response from the white house? the white house continues to say if speaker boehner would allow the so-called continuing resolution, a clean bill with no amendment, that the shutdown could be ended right away. they are not quite so sure what to do about the debt ceiling, but the shutdown could be ended right away. meanwhile we have heard speaker boehner say it s all up to president obama and harry reid to take the next step. by refusing to negotiate, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a pretty danger path. listen, there has never been a president in our history that did not negotiate over ....
theme good morning. welcome to aljazeera america. i m stephanie sy. the government shutdown is in its second full week and another day of political wrangling on capitol hill lies ahead. hundreds of thousands are americans are still unable to return to work and the possibility of a larger crisis coming into focus. if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, just nine days from now, the government will be unable to pay its bills for the first time. aljazeera s white house correspondent reports. instead of asia as planned, president obama was home bound, visiting fema, where 86% of workers are furlough heed. the president drew a hard line. we are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown until republicans get 100% of what they want. the message, the votes are there in the house that pass a spending bill and leaves the health care allow untouched. i asked the speaker, why are you afraid? are you afraid this measure will pass, the governmen ....
and are battling a growing problem. and sprouting up all over the world the sky-high gardens that could be the trend of the future. while the political standoff in the thailand is becoming increasingly tense protesters are out on the streets of the capitol defying an emergency law and threatening to continue occupying state buildings until the government steps down. protest leaders are calling for the entire nation to join in on antigovernme governmengovernmen are moving around bangkok and staging sit-ins at the interior and finance ministries and the arrest for the opposition leader. the protesters want an end to what they call the taxing system. the legacy of the former prime minister and his sister is now the prime minister of thailand and florence is live in bangkok and covering the story and how much bigger are these protests expected to get? well, the protest leaders have already said something big is going to happen on wednesday, they have not given us many d ....
largest refugee camp. with the news from europe, including. with a guide to how scotland request be as ask independent state. and turning the pages of history. a rare symbol of the nation s identity is put up for auction in the u.s. for up to $30 million. within the past hour, the u.s. has revealed two of its military aircraft have thrown around disputed islands in the east china sea, it did so without informing beijing, and that s in defiance of an air defense zone, that beijing imposed. and the i.u. in china. live for us in washington, d.c., give us what details we know? what exactly did the aircraft do in the china self-declared air defense zone? what we know is that around midnight washington time, rather, 7:00 p.m. washington time, those two bombers entered this newly declared air defense identification zone. they all have an air defense zone in sort of the general area, but expanded it over the weekend. to include this area that includes the disputed islan ....
down on the former prime minister s colourful career. . japan is backing the united states after it challenged the china s self-declared defense zone in the east china sea, flying two b 52 bombers over a disputed area claimed by both beijing and tokyo. the expanded zone was announced by china on saturday. it said it monitored the aircraft as it flew over. here is the latest reaction from japan, starting with the u.s. ambassador in tokyo. unilateral actions like those taken by china with the announcement of an east china sea defense zone undermines security, constituting an attempt to change the status quo in the east china sea, serving to increase tensions in the region. japan has shown great restraint. we urge them to continue to do so. translation: the publication of china s air defense identification zone was unilateral, and the backlash from the international community, including south korea and taiwan is strong. we d like it retracted. we can t accept it. i b ....