Apparently really 100 researchers and advocates traveling to a conference in australia dedicated to combating aids and hiv. These are men and women a dedicated their own lives to saving the lives of others, and they were taken from us in a senseless act of violence. In this world today, we should not forget in the midst of conflict and killing, there are people like these, people focused on what can be built rather than destroyed. Define themselves not by what makes them different, but by the humanity that we hold in common. It is important to lift them up and to affirm their lives, and he their example. The United States of america will continue to stand for the basic principle that people have the right to live as they choose, determine their own destiny, and it is on the side of truth. Let me take a couple of questions. On a technical matter, does the u. S. Believe this passenger jet was targeted or the people that shot down might have been going after a military aircraft, and more
You cannot do that unless you have capacity. That is what we are trying to partner to do. If you do not like your capacity, he frequently told us. We worked very hard to lower civilian casualties and were very successful. Ultimatelyy hard at getting after the business of war profiteering and Corruption Associated and created the combined joined Interagency Task we brought is where all of the elements and contracting and spending elements and finance elements and brought them all together to where it should have been from the very beginning. Properly organized, that is the first reflection. Wewe were to do it again, would have to be properly organize in understanding organize criminality into the environment in which we are going to operate and understand clearly and it being organize ourselves once we understand it and see it to ensure we do not contribute or do not exacerbate it in the course of Natural Development Capacity Building and reconstruction that would have to occur. I am af
Ukraine to help determine what brought down the malaysian jetliner with 298 people aboard, including an american. The president is calling for an immediate ceasefire in the area and says the evidence so far indicates the Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down by a surface to air missile from a part of ukraine controlled by russian backed separatists. He also spoke about the current israelipalestinian conflict. After his remarks, the president also took questions. This is about 20 minutes. Good morning, everybody. Yesterday, malaysian Airlines Flight mh 17 took off from amsterdam. And was shot down over the ukrainerussian border. Nearly 300 innocent lives were taken, men, women, children, infants, who had nothing to do with the crisis in ukraine. Their deaths are an outrage of unspeakable proportions. We know at least one american citizen, quinn lucas schansman, was killed. Yesterday, i spoke with ukraine, malaysia, and the netherlands, and i told them that our thoughts and prayers a
Handed. Reporter 398 days behind bars in egypt, the family of jailed al jazeera journalist peter greste called again for his release. Plus. Im charlie in New Hampshire finding out why milk is now cheaper than bottled water in uk and what it means for dairy farms like this. Egypts president sisi is cutting short his trip from ethopia to deal with a string of deadly attacks in egypts see that peninsula and says the attacks killed 26 people and most of them soldiers but some reports put that figure at more than 40 a group that pledges to the Islamic State say they carried out the bomb ings and the group that calls itself the sinai province is retaliating on the crack down of supporters of the former president mohamed morsi. A car bomb targeted a military base, a Police Headquarters and a housing complex for army and Police Officers. The town of rafa on the gaza border also hit. A Security Officer is said to have been killed by a roadside bomb in the city to the south. Earlier we spoke to
Country where the price is oil is already even lower and reports of people in the field saying the price is much like it might be with credit, what you pay for it at this point. A stunning decline here. I use the word stunning because this is not a financial crisis. This is not a recession at least in this country. This is a situation where contributing factors have pushed the oil price out. Everybodys jumping ship. Look at the traders. The funds. For moving out of the space. Im sure a lot of big institutions will be next. Thats a good point. I think traders consider it a repricing. They are repricing right now. Whats so extraordinary about this, again, tells you hope that this is a supply side story, although the rest of the commodity complex doesnt necessarily confirm it but friday the u. S. With the best jobs number since the Great Recession and you would look to a number like that and its a relentless decline in the oil price inl stead since that report hit. I said today quite a tu