Are arbreaking news tonight. There may be, may be hope for a ceasefire in gaza. 1 00 a. M. Eastern time. An israeli delegation is also expected to head to egypt for negotiations on a more lasting truce. Earlier, a senior hamas leader spoke to al jazeera about the truce. We have a road map for ending the Israeli Attack against gaza. We hope the israelis will be committed and with it respect the upcoming 72 hours and if that happens, we hope we can work out the whole agreement about the ceasefire and the lift of the siege on gaza. But even with this potential new disagreement many in gaza really skeptical. Charles stratford filed this report from gaza. Many are tucked up in bed and fearful for more air strikes. Even if they are pretty cynical about these latest proposal, you are looking at a population that has suffered a month of pummeling. A military bombardment that has destroyed thousands of homes and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and glaise dispd them. You only have
Republicans push to get even more conservative bills through and the rsc would be where a lot of those folks are. But all along we heard the senate has been the bottleneck in all of this. So whats the excuse going to be if legislation doesnt pass . I think you heard people say this is harry reids fault and i think youre going to hear that even more. Nothings changed. You still by and large need 60 votes and harry reid still is very good at blocking legislation. And also you have the fact that the house is going to send over conservative pieces of legislation and the new Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is going to have to protect members on votes much like harry reid. You have 24 republicans in the senate up in 2016 and only ten for democrats. As good of a map as it was for republicans this year its a really bad one for republicans in 2016. Well thanks to both of you for your questions this week. Thanks for being on newsmakers. Thank you. Mr. President , the honeymoon is over. Co
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