Israel is accusing hamas of breaking the ceasefire. The ceasefire has supposedly been in business for a few hours but it does not look like a ceasefire right now. I assume diplomats and u. S. Officials and secretary of state kerry, ban kimoon and the u. N. Secretarygeneral, they were the ones who announced this ceasefire. I assume they are working feverishly to see what they can do, but as of now, chris and kate, it does not look very good. A couple of followups. When you have israel and hamas going back and forth, does that give a little bit of a distorted picture how many different entities are in play here . Could it be that you dont know who is firing on the ground if it isnt israel because there are different factions firing and creating violence on the ground, at least in gaza could, that be part of the equation, that you dont know who agreed to the ceasefire and who did not . Well, the israelis have always said and many middle east analysts have agreed that there could be a spli
Save himself. Howard fineman is the editorial director of the Huffington Post and bobby gaush is from the digital publication kwarz. The u. S. Is sending missions over syria authorized by president obama this weekend to assess targets for potential air strikes against isis. They are using both manned and unmanned aircrafts for the purpose. U. S. Officials wont seek approval from the assad government. Meanwhile the pentagon is drafting plans for potential strikes against the terror group. The president hasnt okd strikes yet. Nbc news reports the decision could come as early as this week. The strikes would target isis forces, weapons and supply lines between syria and iraq. Today president obama, once again, talked about the need for rooting out the cancer that is isis. They warned it wont be easy or quick. Speaking in charlotte, north carolina, he said this about the killers of american journalist james foley. Watch. Our message to anyone who harms our people is simple. America doesnt f
U. S. Personnel and to protect minorities under threat from isis and, therefore, the first ones to follow the president s speech when he announced a couple of weeks ago saying theyre going on offense, no longer on defense. And do we know the isis forces, they were the once on the offensive against these iraqi forces in southwest of baghdad . Well, they were fighting. These were iraqi operations under way against isis forces that weve known for some time have been within proximity of baghdad, but i think, you know, that is important that it was near the capital because this is a vulnerable point. The fact that isis can carry out operations even close to there is a real worry. You see the iraqi forces on the ground pushing back and u. S. War planes supporting them from the air. Well have more with you later on in the program. Now a story that touches two absolutely basics for tens if not hundreds of millions of americans, parenthood and pro football. People have been talking ever since a
The move now by the u. S. Is to get those troops in to work to help train the iraqis to get them back on the offense. Chris . All right. Barbara, thank you very much. Theres also this dynamic that will be going on with iran. Whether americans like it or not. Lets bring in reza sayeh hes in tehran this morning, what do we know . When it comes to the Nuclear Talks with iran, no progress at this point. The two sides have done a very effective job of keeping the talks secret. But its clear that they want a deal done and theyre negotiating in earnest because of the long hours that theyve spent in oman and through the negotiations. But the core demands when it comes to the u. S. And iran on the Nuclear Talks remain unresolved. When you look at the u. S. , theyre demanding iran to dismantle much of its nuclearing a facility, to get rid of the centrifuges and reduce the Nuclear Enrichment capacity. Iran says were doing it all legally, its our right. And when it comes to iran, they want the u.
Friday december 26th 6 00 in the east im Christine Romans along with poppy harlow and pamela brown. Were so glad youre with us this morning. Seven people hauled off in happened cuffs for allegedly making threats against new York City Police officers in the days following the executionstyle murders of two officers. A public wake for one of the officers rafael ramos taking place today ahead of his funeral, which is tomorrow. People across this nation are coming to pay respects to both of the slain officers from the nypd. As a memorial to the pair grows in brooklyn. Lets get to Miguel Marquez, live at the church in officer ramos ramos home borough of queens. This kicks off at a wrenching time for nypd and the city. The wake from 29 p. M. It will be a tough wake for these folks, they have to get through two funerals. All of this as the nypd remains on alert against other attacks. Nypd in mourning and on heightened alert. Any statement suggesting Violence Toward police need to be reported t