the worst loss of life for the israeli army, since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest the government may be considering a new deal with hamas, which could lead to a two month to a two month pause in fighting while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried with a prayer and full military honours, this was the first in a series of funerals for 21 soldiers killed in israel s biggest single loss since the start of the ground war in gaza. the israeli m
the israeli prime minister has vowed that israel will not stop fighting in gaza, until it achieves total victory over hamas. benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day the worst loss of life for the israeli army since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest the government may be considering a new deal with hamas, which could lead to a two month pause in fighting while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell. and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried wi
$6 billion or $7 billion will the signal act? joining us former senators and fox news contributors scott brown and evan bayh. thank you for having in today. good to be with you. you ve been in the senate while issues of this kind import have been hammered out. negotiations with iran have been going on for multiple administrations. senator bayh, do yo, what do yok about this deal? i m skeptical. my guess is what they re hoping to do, get sanctions relief, have the europeans start to do business once again, and slowly we ll lose interest so over a period of perhaps a couple of years eventually they ll need to get where they need to go. we have to be hard-nosed over the next six months to make sure there s no cheating whatsoever. it s hard to do, but my own guess is in the long run the iranians have not changed their power to a great power, a nuclear power. up until this point, senator
chief, i will do what is necessary to prevent iran from preventing a nuclear weapon. i have a profound responsibility to try to resolve our differences peacefully rather than rush toward conflict. today we have a real opportunity to achieve a comprehensive peaceful settlement. i believe we must test it. on a conference call late last night, white house officials laid out the economic relief for iran like this. they say, quote, the deal that was struck is very limited in terms of the additional business that iran can engage in, that s able to sell petrochemicals and able to sell or export automobiles, but that s it. full stop. there s no other business activity that is permitted under this first step deal with iran. now, something else president obama said last night, he wants congress to hold off on imposing any new sanctions on iran, but based on what we re hearing from congress they may not get their wish. listen to this from democratic new york senator chuck schumer. he says the d
politics. i think it s going to contribute another contribution to harry reid being the worst majority leader in the history ever our country, number one. it s going to completely unravel our history, the way we do sixth. what goes around comes around. people aren t be going to sitting around the table talk being thanksgiving, they ll talk about how they can t healthcare coverage, get online, get the coverages they were promised. another issue with the deadline looming at the end of this month. senators, thank you. good to see you. hamid karzai is refusing to sign a deal with the u.s. until after elections in april, and wants to keep negotiating with americans, coming after a frayings his assemble of elders. it would provide protection for thousands of u.s. soldiers to stay in afghanistan beyond 2014 to train and advise afghan security forces. he said he d be blamed if he signs the deal now and hopes for more concessions from the americans. the obama administration wanted the d