Worlds Worst Nuclear Disaster in chernobyl. Open hard surgery on babies. Hello, with the high left level meeting between two adversaries in more than 50. U. S. President program and raul castro are set to meet later it the fanaika of the americas in panama city. Before that historic encounter john kerry has made progress in cubans with cubes foreign minister. They are looking to restoring full diplomatic ties. Its the latest sign in improving relations between the u. S. And cuba. Barack obama and raul castro reached the Historic Deal on december 17th. It includes easing a travel ban on u. S. Citizens and lifting a trade embargo first set in 1960. The u. S. Also committed to reviewing cubans status as a state sponsor of terrorism. Cubecuba was giving the designation in 1992 and still a list of four country iies the u. S. Accusing of sponsoring terrorism. Cuba is hesitate to go part with its victim complex. Its been a rallying point for cuba for over half a censure to portray itself as a
Chernobyl. Open heart surgery on babies. In yemen the Saudiled Coalition continues to target Houthi Rebels for the 16th day. 13 houthi fighters of killed in clashes. The defense minister in sanaa was also hit. The International Red cross says the first cargo plane carrying 16 1 2 tons of medical supplies has landed in the capital. The u. N. Security council is to vote on a draft resolution which would effectively impose an arms embargo on the houthis. The air campaign has not stopped the advance in yemen. Rather the International Red cross saying, of course, that this cargo plane of medical aid landed in the capital of sanaa. Earlier a plane carrying medical staff also arrived. We have more. Reporter these are doctors from the International Community of the red cross arriving in the southern yemeni city of aden. They were in the boat after the trip was approved by the Saudiled Coalition. They could take care of those on board. More specifically for us as a Surgical Team we have this ex
The administration sees these settlements as an obstruction to a deal. There is a reality on the ground which makes the palestinian state not viable. Obviously a lot of tension between the u. S. And israel who is accusing secretary kerry of being a covert actor on what he calls a shameful ambush at the u. N. A lot of context and symbolism in the remarks but also a lot of recent tensions that certainly secretary kerry will try to address and deny those charges. Maybe not unprecedented that hes giving a speech on his way out but maybe unprecedented in terms of the environment that hes giving this speech today. Why we are all watching it so very closely. We are watching it here, of course, but you know who is also watching it very closely, benjamin netanyahu, the israeli Prime Minister. Everyone in israel. Lets go to Oren Lieberman whach. Oren, what are you hearing . I think john kerry will lay out his plan for peace, yet i think theres very little he can say that will endear him to Prime
Condemning settlements in the west bank and jerusalem. An accusation the white house has denied. Ahead of kerrys remarks, israel reportedly canceled a vote on building hundreds of new homes and settlements in East Jerusalem. Reuters reporting the request to postpone that vote came from Prime Minister netanyahu himself in an attempt to deescalate tensions with the Outgoing Obama Administration prior to secretary kerrys remarks were going to be listening to in a moment. Also this morning, strong statements from trump who tweeted, we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total disdain and respect. The beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this. U. N. Stay strong, israel. January 20th is fast approaching. To which Prime Minister netanyahu responded in the past hour tweeting president elect trump thank you for your warm friendship and your clearcut support for israel. As we wait for the secretary of state, nbcs Kelly Cobiella joins us. We spoke to Prime Minist
Thats a very good point. Right now theyre just trying to get over the stunning impact of all of this. Quite a surprise with less than an hour, you had staffers, members who had already been gathering, preparing for weeks, negotiations for this all day affair, this closed door session. This coming from the attorney Robert Luskin saying ambassador sondland is profoundly disappointed hell not be able to testify today. Ambassador sondland traveled from brussels in order to prepare for his testimony and to be available to answer the committees questions. Arrangements had already been made with joint Committee Staff regarding the logistics of his testimony. Ambassador sondland believes strongly that he acted at all times in the best interest of the United States and he stands ready to answer the committees questions fully and truthfully. What we expect is to hear from house intelligence chair within about 2025 to get their initial response, initial reaction. This was of some concern to some