Electionrelated violence. Hamas is calling for the release of dozens of its members and supporters detained overnight on thursday saying more than 100 people were picked up in raids on the west bank by forces. Ata spokesmen said hamas members planned to create chaos. Hamas said the raids are politically motivated. There was a Large Campaign carried out in the palestinian authority, of members and supporters. They arrested hundreds of people the majority academics people they are part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. Crossing over to gaza and bringing in imtiaz tyab to tell us what this means for a strained relationship between hamas and others. Very strained and this will not do anything to improve the ties. We were at a press conference a small demonstration held by hamas officials, where they reiterated their call for all of these people that have been arrested to be released. In fact we spoke to a senior hamas official who said to us that th
Fresh wave of holiday makers. Powered by the sun. Solo flares in hawaii after a recordbreaking flight across the pacific we begin the newshour in greece where campaigning for the bailout referendum ended. A day before voting begins, the greek finance minister accuses them of terrorism. Prime minister Alexis Tsipras wants greece to vote know and rejected what he calls blackmail. Tens of thousands took part in rival rallies in athens and this is the scene in athens on saturday. Long cues outside atms. Finance minister says the banks will reopen by tuesday. They have been closed all weeks to stop mass money withdrawals. Jonah hull has more from athens. The word okki means no. The no campaign gathered in front of parliament backed by the government wants a future in europe, but with a better deal for greece, less austerity, less money lost to debt repayments. A no vote for me means theres a possibility that this country will have a future. Not far away, the yes crowd met in greek. They are
Briefly. It would be named irma if that happens. Whether or not that happens were still looking the the same effects as round here. The first is the rained and you can see that coming in right now and getting close to wilmington and covering a lot of south jersey and delaware. Philadelphia will get wet from that a little bit later on. Your temperatures currently are cool and fairly comfortable. 66 degrees in philadelphia. 59 degrees currently in allentown. 63 in trenton. 70 in beach haven. 69 in cape may and 66 degrees in dover. As we go through the day, look for it to stay cloudy and at times it will be damp. 65 degrees by noon, 68 by 3 oclock. And were going for 70 for a high probably a little bit later in the afternoon. By 7 oclock, were down to 69 degrees. Have some issues because of this system passing us by and there you see the bulk of it. The area of low pressure right there down off of the carolinas and again possibly becoming a Tropical Storm as it gets by us but the onshore
And karen rogers for weather and traffic. No umbrella on the terrace right now. As we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan we are getting ready for rain. It will probably be steadier down in south jersey and delaware than it will be in philadelphia overall but at times roads will be wet in the city and that stuff kind of trying to inch up toward philadelphia right now. You can see that on the wide satellite view. It does look like well get something during the morning commute and were already getting it in a good portion of delaware and south jersey. As we take a look, area of low pressure coming up the coast possibly becoming a a Tropical Storm briefly. It will be far enough away from us to prevent major problems. For the second straight day looking at a high risk of rip currents at the shore not that its going to be a great day on the beach anyway. Theres a high wind advisory in Cape May County and down through southern delaware and on into the Eastern Shore of maryland and
Debating afghanistan. We are looking at the u. S. Strategy Going Forward to. This is just getting underway. They typically include the al qaeda and other terrorist groups , strengthening the government and security horses, preventing the taliban from taking clinical power. Assessments of our progress to date are mixed. Stated we aretis not winning in afghanistan right now. One could say its not for a lack of effort. The estimates of what we haves and range from 840 billion to over 2 trillion. Report by the Inspector General or afghan reconstruction 70d the u. S. Has spent billion to train Security Forces , that had been hampered by corruption and inadequate oversight and the government is struggling to defeat the taliban. Control the percent of the country. In august, there will be a moderate troop surge. Were leery of war without very victory. Unwilling tos seem lock away, but will number are reluctant to continue the war in definitely. Strategy reflects the public mood. There is a ti