[ applause ] thank you so much, everybody. Im going to be relatively brief. I came up here right after the storm, was on the jersey side, and i promised to everybody that i was speaking on behalf of the country when i said we are going to be here until the rebuilding is complete. And i meant it. So im going to come back today, but im also going to be coming back in the future to make sure we have followed through on that commitment. I want to thank the outstanding leadership thats been provided by state and local officials. Obviously, Governor Cuomo and mayor bloomberg have done an outstanding job, to borough president moldanaro, thank you for your leadership when the folks on this island were going through extraordinarily difficult times. The people of long island who are going through really tough times across the board weve seen cooperation and a spirit of service. For the First Responders who are here, the police officers, the firefighters, the ems folks, the sanitation workers who
Into the palestinian territory. Israel will continue to exercise the prudence and selfrestraint while defending our citizens against terrorism. Nbc is reporting from a second day from gaza. Whats the situation as we see nightfall there behind you . Reporter tamron, its pitchblack behind me. It has an eerie silence to it. I can tell you from having stayed up all night yesterday to the sounds of israeli explosions, thats what people are bracing themselves for. You cant make this point enough, but this part of gaza certainly all across the territory doesnt have Early Warning signs and sirens like in tel aviv. Thats because this is not a war between two equal militaries, and that is why theres a great sense of fear and anxiety among the people of gaza. Right now we heard in the past hour or so the sounds of israeli strikes. We occasionally hear the sounds of israeli drones up above overhead. Every once in a while we hear the sounds of a palestinian rocket launched from gaza into southern i
Protests against political moves by the president , Mohamed Morsi, have turned deadly. Tanks, armored personnel vehicles, all stationed outside the president ial analysis cairo. Not only are they guarding the palace, theyre also keeping apart supporters and opponents of morsi. Hundreds of his islamist supporters already taking to the streets in cairo this morning. Opponents are gathering not very far away. Last night the two sides clashed right outside the palace. The violence killed at least five people. Hundreds of other people were injured. Opponents are demanding that morsi dial back on those sweeping powers that he has granted himself. Cnns reza sayah is live for us in cairo this morning. Whats the latest . Reporter soledad, were getting the first signs that maybe, just maybe, cooler heads are prevailing and peace could be extraordinary in front of the president ial palace. Within the past 20 minutes, weve seen about a few thousand of president morsis supporters move away from the
Of at least one family that says they could be socked if a deal is not reached. Eugene. Thats right, tamron. This is the president continuing to put on the pressure. Hes winning the public argument. This is the more favorable field of battle for him, is out in public opinion. Hes out in the country. So he continues to do that. The more favorable field of battle for the republicans is inside a closed room where they still have the power of the majority of the house. So the president continues to do whats more favorable for getting the outcome hed like to have. Michael, i hate to bring you in. I hate to say this is how the game is played, but at this point its about optics because both sides put the first proposals on the table. Here you have this family, the face of america or so Many Americans talking about the punch they will feel. This at a time, michael, when theres a new poll showing 65 support higher taxes on households making over 250,000. Talk strategy, and does this one impress
Hi there. Im brooke baldwin. Good to be with you on this monday. Lets get right to it. Third and final debate, seven hours away. And here is just about the past half hour or so, president obama has arrived in southern florida. We should tell you that mitt romney is already there. The scene of tonights debate is boca raton. And the subject is Foreign Policy. And the format will be this, barack obama and mitt romney, seated, theyre going to be seated around a table with Bob Schieffer of cbs news. Thats a hall youre looking at, obviously, it is a rehearsal. As you can see, they will be pretty cozy sitting around that table there. And now just in time for tonights big debate, a very big story concerning Foreign Policy. Possible, possible talks between the United States and iran after the election. One on one talks about Irans Nuclear program and that would be a major shift in washingtons policy toward tehran. Keep in mind, though, the Obama Administration and iran both denight the talks ha