This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Quijano good evening. Scott is off tonight. Im elaine quijano. This is our western edition. There are no closer allies than the u. S. And israel, but you wouldnt know that today. The outgoing secretary of state and israels Prime Minister delivered dueling speeches. Each blamed the other for the failure to reach a lasting peace in the middle east. Heres chip reid. Friends need to tell each ndher the hard truths, and friendships require mutual respect. Cr reporter in an impassioned speech, secretary kerry defended the administrations decision not to block a United Nations resolution, condemning israel t r building settlements in the hacupied west bank, a resolution that also condemns palestinian violence. In the end, we could not in good conscience protect the most extreme elements of the Settler Movement as it tries to destroy the twostate solution. We could not in good conscience turn a blind eye to palestinian actions that fanned hatred
Behind an ornate desk in the Allegheny County Coroner’s Office sat Cyril Wecht. On the wall behind Wecht hung an enormous portrait of President John F. Kennedy.