protocol. it s not proper here. netanyahu is up for election so it puts them in a pickle. they re trying not to weigh into another nation s democratic process. democrats are saying where do i even show up here? a lot of them are saying i m not going to show up. and john kerri cites the whole thing and he s overseas. president obama has refused to meet the prime minister. could all that controversy over this visit how it came to pass could that hurt netanyahu in the polls? i think this is crucial for his election. he s using this as a really big part of his campaign and it s the politics here actually are pale in comparison to the politics in israel. two weeks until election. he s saying i m fighting obama. i m taking on obama on this big
morning. nearly two-thirds of the continental u.s. is blanketed by snow. this is what it s like in indianapolis. i ve got the car stuck now. now we can t get up the driveway. in boston it is official. february was the city s snowiest on record. they are just 6 inches shy of the snowiest year ever. a youth hockey team and their fans are sink. the ice rink was evacuated minutes before the roof collapsed under heavy snow. i immediately started screaming to get off the ice. i just knew there wasn t a natural sound. it s not just the northeast. an albuquerque,nyny got almost more than 10 inches in three days. that s usually what they get in a year. in dallas it s ice that s wreaking havoc. more than 5,000 flights were cancelled. bill karins will have your monday forecast coming up. heightened security in washington as benjamin netanyahu arrives. he will give a speech before a pac where he ll warn of a possible nuclear deal with iran. tomorrow he ll speak before congress.
continues, uprooting all the underground tunnels that hamas uses for the storage and transport of those rockets and also to try to infiltrate getting into israel. there have been attacks on israeli soldiers. one militant was found with tranquilizers suggesting he was trying to abduct citizens. they re trying to bring about a cease fire. this as the fighting continues. 13 soldiers were killed in fighting. we re hearing explosions and artillery fire in the distance, and that is like toll increase as we go into the evening here. shannon? thank you, john. let s get right away to mark regev in tel aviv. else the spokesman for prime minister benjamin net net. sir, welcome. i want to start by asking you about a word the prime minister is going to address the israeli
fleeg fleeing as israeli troops expand to hamas. hello, john. reporter: shannon, today was the bloodiest day so far in the 13 days since operation protective edge started. in the three days since the ground offensive started, at least 84 palestinians, we re hearing some explosions in the background, by the way at least 84 palestinians were killed here in gaza, at least 60 in one neighborhood alone in east gaza. we went to that neighborhood just an hour or two hours after the fighting ended to get a look for ourselves. here s what we saw. this is all just gut-wrenching to see. just utter destruction. everything has been destroyed. this home, what used to be a home. people s bed sheets still there, i m seeing clothing, shoes. what used to be probably the living room or kitchen. we saw the show, we heard the
president obama and harry reid both engage in debates divorced from the facts and divorced from the reality. harry reid lives in the ritz-carlton in washington, d.c., and i m sure from his perspective the border seems secure. charging that the senate majority leader is out of touch on immigration. immigrants are fleeing on foot, by car and train. i m live. it is important for ham as o be reasonable and understand that you accept a cease fire. secretary of state john kerri appearing on all five sunday shows saying he s going to the middle east within days to try to broker a lasting cease fire. meanwhile, an intense battle is going on in the gaza strip. thousands of palestinians are fleeg fleeing as israeli troops expand to hamas. hello, john. reporter: shannon, today was the bloodiest day so far in the 13 days since operation protective edge started. in the three days since the ground offensive started, at least 84 palestinians, we re hearing some explosions in the b