Hope that thesis the creasefire holds, and as connected as we all are we hope right along with them. [ theme music ] jennifer we are in the war room, but there is good news out of the middle east tonight, which is that the region is calm for the first time in eight days. There are no rocket blasts piercing the quiet night. There are no missiles streaking across the sky mother on both sides of the border can look up at the same bright star and breathe just a little bit easy ere because their children are safe. Hamas and israel have agreed to a ceasefire for the moment. Each side launched about 1500 strikes, and there were violent protests in the west bank in which one palestinian was killed. The final straw was the bombing of a crowded telaviv bus today that blast injured 21 israelis. Late today secretary of state Hillary Clinton joined egypts foreign minister to announce a ceasefire agreement which says. Jennifer secretary clinton praised the leadership but says there is still work to
Jennifer leaders from israel and gaza met in egypt today to discuss a possible drawdown with u. S. Secretary general. For now, though the fighting continues. Israeli air strikes killed nearly 40 people today, groups in gaza respondented by shooting nearly 100 rockets in israel. And on the israeli side of the border things appeared remarkably calm today. This picture has caused a stir online. It shows israelis watching passively as incoming missiles sail over head. So why to israelis feel so comfortable out in the open as missiles fly above them . Because of something called the iron dome. Its a Defense System that uses radar to detect incoming rockets and determine where they will land. If it is headed towards a populated area the gunner shoots the missile out of the sky. It is particularly good at detecting the smaller, older rockets that the palestinians use. Iron dome has had an incredible 85 successful rate against the 300 rockets the palestinians have fired. The gulf missiles inte
Jennifer humbug. There is big news on the environmental frown front today. So first bp, the worlds Third Largest oil Company Announced it was going to pay 4. 5 billion in fines and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges connected to, of course, the giant oil spill in the gulf of mexico. Thats number one. Meanwhile, in new york, the president surveyed the damage from hurricane sandy. Of course, which was everybody knows, precipitated by Climate Change. He met storm victims in staten island, one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. 23 of the 43 deaths in the new york region related to hurricane sandy. They were on staten island. Obama during difficult times like this, were reminded that were bound together and we have to look out for each other and a lot of the things that seem petty differences melt away and we focus on what binds us together and that we, as americans, are going to stand with each other in their hour of need. Jennifer in fact, there is new political coalitions emerging f
Jennifer more than 30 michigan schools will close two days early for the holiday break this year. Why . Well, it is not to give students an early Christmas Gift. It is because officials are concerned about copycat killers following the newtown tragedy. Now, the superintendent of one of the districts issued a statement saying. John fuglesang my friends has it really come to this . That kindergarteners cant go to school because we, as a country cant ensure theyll be safe from semiautomatic weapon wielding lunatics and the solution from our far right wing friends . Arm the teachers. The very teaches theyve called union thugs. We should pay to train these teachers. The people who scream us to about fast and furious and said gun proliferation and mexico was dangerous are still telling us gun proliferation in america makes us safer. Welcome to the u. S. A. Where of some you will find its easier to buy a weapon designed to kill a lot of people in a short amount of time than it is to marry who
Which side are you on, boy which side are you on jennifer lets start tonight with one of californias most significant contributions to the world. Blue jeans during the gold rush, bavarian immigrant began making durable cotton pants for miners seeking their fortune in the california hills. That man was levi strauss. Now, 140 years later 450 million pairs of jeans are sold every year in the u. S. Alone. Now, you would think with that volume, the manufacturing process would be totally mechanized but actually a lot of it is still done by hand. A typical pair of jeans is made from 15 individual pieces, someone has to oversee cutting all of those pieces and sew them together and as you can see in this Discovery Channel documentary, the seams get ironed out flat then the zipper and the rivets are attached and finally, because who wants newlooking jeans they get distressed. Workers put them on giant rubber legs that get blown up like balloons and then they give some rough treatment to them so