mcenany, harold ford jr, will cain and greg. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. president biden pushing for a pause to the fighting in israel. but top terror groups, they ve got other ideas. m hamas rockets from gaza are still raining down on the jewish state. a dramatic scene unfolding while train gangs was live on the air. one of those rockets landing right near him. a rocket just slammed into sm e building right next to where we re at in terms of a cease fire. it s it s challengingto to to have a cease fire while rocketefirs are still raining dn on israel. and that s what s being called for here. and that s part of the reaso ann that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, sayst of he won t have any sort of cease fire because the fire still ceasefe continueths into israelh plus, you have the issue of the hostages. ther.e are 241 israelis being held and some of them are foreign nationals. foreigbut the majority of them are israelis being held inside
and now we can turn to that uplifting news. alan bates who led the campaign forjustice of victims of the post office it scandal being giving given a knighthood. he said the honour was notjust for him but for everyone who supported his cause. tracey emin was nominated for the turner prize and now has become a dame. also dame hodes for imelda staunton and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. cyclist mark cavendish was awarded a knighthood along with the composerjohn rutter. our business correspondence went to speak with alan bates. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look being at the inquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought this is weird. is this a wind up? yes. to me the things are just say no. but there are a
turning down a bailout and turning his business around. plus, only in america, strurk by lightning after buying his mega millions ticket. if it wasn t for bad luck, he would have no luck at all. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story, the death of trayvon martin. unanswered questions are piling up in this case. two audio experts say the screams on a 911 call do not seem to be the voice of george zimmerman. the surveillance video on zimmerman at the sanford police department which an outside company for abc news seemed to show some kind of marks on the back of zimmerman s head. much more on that in a moment. just hours from now, republicans turned their epic battle to wisconsin, maryland and d.c. for tomorrow s vote. it will be the turning point of the race and how many candidates will be left standing? we ll hear from rick santorum very soon. first, our big story tonight. trayvon martin. what really happened the night he died? joining me, forensic exper
turning his business around. plus, only in america, strurk by lightning after buying his mega millions ticket. if it wasn t for bad luck, he would have no luck at all. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story, the death of trayvon martin. unanswered questions are piling up in this case. two audio experts say the screams on a 911 call do not seem to be the voice of george zimmerman. the surveillance video on zimmerman at the sanford police department which an outside company for abc news seemed to show some kind of marks on the back of zimmerman s head. much more on that in a moment. just hours from now, republicans turned their epic battle to wisconsin, maryland and d.c. for tomorrow s vote. it will be the turning point of the race and how many candidates will be left standing? we ll hear from rick santorum very soon. first, our big story tonight. trayvon martin. what really happened the night he died? joining me, forensic experts patricia cornwell. and c
the humidity is creating oppressive conditions. today, chicago could see its highest temperature in five years. abc s karen traver as more on the spending east. reporter: they tossed two tons of ice into the water to try to cool things down. this heat wave is krgripping th middle of the nation. for 17 states. texas to minnesota. east to ohio. in five states, temperatures dropped thee century mark. the system is expected to hover across the midwest for five more sweltering days before heading east. not moving at all. unpacking its bags. this high pressure for many days to come as it continues to intensify and grow in overall size. reporter: for beach goers the soaring temperatures means fun in the sun. but for some people, especially the elderly this extreme heat can be extremely dangerous. they ll complain of dizziness, weakness. being light headed. reporter: experts say to drink plenty of water, stay out of the sun. the goal was ten. i don t think i m g gng to ma