After a strike on a u. N. School housing displaced palestinians. The u. N. Human Rights Council just voted to investigate whether this amounts to war crimes. They have a history of focusing on israel disproportionately. This time the u. N. s top human rights official also echoed the accusation. The israeli Prime Minister netanyahu has fired back. Its a travesty of justice. Its a travesty of fairness. Its a travesty of common sense. Its a travesty of truth. And i think that it will not prevent us from continuing to act to defend our people, to protect them against rocket attacks. Secretary of state john kerry remains in that region strugg struggling to revive a ceasefire. Developing news at this hour. More victims of flight 17 are returning home. 72 more bodies arriving at an airport in the netherlands a short while ago. You see them there. They were met with somber ceremony. Crowds of people lining the roads as the first victims were driven through the streets to a military facility ju
President s intention to go ahead with the state of Union Address. In the house of representatives. As scheduled, next tuesday, january the 29th. Now the president has officially put in writing. In this letter to nancy pelosi which we receive more than half an hour ago, the president saying, as you know, i already accepted your kind invitation. However, i then received another letter from you dated in june or 16th wherein you expressed concerns or critic security during the state of union due to to the shutdown. He says, even prior to asking, i was contacted by the dhs and the secret service to explain there would be absolutely no problem regarding security with respect to the event. Accordingly, there are no concerns security wise regarding the state of the union. Therefore, i will be honoring your invitation. I look forward to seeing you the evening of generally the 29th. So now with the president has done in this game of tennis, pingpong, football, however you want to put it, betwee
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