Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. As israel launched its ground offensive in gaza, religious groups continued to raise concerns and special prayers about the crisis. Some people of faith protested israels campaign in gaza, highlighting the large numbers of civilians who have been killed. Jewish groups and some christians rallied in solidarity with israel. Several u. S. Jewish leaders expressed concern about what they see as an antisemitic tone in many antiisrael protests. Meanwhile, some jews and muslims joined together in a daylong fast for peace. At the vatican, pope francis led tens of thousands in prayer for an end to the violence. He also personally called israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas urging a ceasefire. The complex interfaith sensitivities provoked by the crisis were evident at the white house this week. President obama hosted islamic leaders and muslim diplomats for a dinner to break their ramadan fast. He pledged
Decision not to seek reelection next year. But first, lets get you to the top stories we are following today. Lufthansa may face unlimited liability payments. The germanwings copilot intentionally flew the plane into a mountain. A specialist says that would mean no caps on awards to victims families. 150 people were killed. Authorities found medical documents indicating that Andreas Lubitz was unfit to fly but he had that from his employer. Officials said they want to know about the copilot posse motional state copilots emotional state. Five investigators searched the apartment for clues. Mark yesterday, the ceo says the pilot had recently been found when hundred percent fit to fly. Thats 100 fit to fly. An invasion of yemen is in the planning stages. They are bombing shiite rebels in yemen. The rebels are backed by iran. Egypt and saudi arabia want to send in troops. Their plan is expected to get the ok of the arab league tomorrow. The fighting risks turning into a wider war in the re
Todays christians are less than 2 of pakistans population. Most are descendants of people converted from hinduism or islam by missionaries, generations, in some cases centuries, ago. They consider themselves fully pakistani. But often, catholic archbishop Joseph Coutts says, thats not how theyre perceived. Because of our colonial past christianity has been, is being identified with colonialism. Reporter with the west. With the west in general. We are sort of linked with being products of the west. Reporter that has made christians targets for all kinds of grievances against the west, whether a drone strike in the region or an antiislamic pronouncement in florida. I can give you a very dramatic example. We had, i think about two years back, a pastor, or he claimed to be a pastor, but if he was, i dont know, terry jones, an american pastor who wanted to burn the holy koran, and, of course there was the sort of a backlash on the christians, and we had to make it very clear that we are not
Next, hugh hewitt talks about the elements that go in to achieving happiness. This is about an hour. Thank you, jonathan quite a lot actually. Its always great to be back at the Nixon Library, especially on the eve of the 101st anniversary of nixons birth, especially to celebrate with friends of the library who come offing. As many of you know, in late 1988, the phone rang. I was searching for president reagan and his administration. On the other end this president nixon asking me to come back to your belinda to oversee construction of the library for a couple years. So i was very, very pleased to do so. It was a shining jewel and anyone watching on cspan across the United States who has never been to the Nixon Library, you want to come here. Its an extraordinary celebration of the american presidency, but also extra or a lead, the small house that frank nixon built from a kit and continued through a life measure in decades that achievement, not hours of achievement, but a truly signif
Chevy cobalts and pontiac g5s due to faulty ignitions gm expanded that list with five more models. That brings the number of recalls to 1. 6 million vehicles and the death toll, to 13. So is thissjust the beginning . Joining me car expert lauren fix and attorney lance cooper, who represent ad georgia family suing the company over the death of their daughter. He says gm knew about the problems years ago. Lauren, i will start with you. This has been a story a long time in the making, years and years and years. Why hasnt gm been more forthcoming about information with this problem . Well, thats the question. You know i think it was back, there has been a lot of changes in management and of course you have the government involvee. I dont know why. The truth is, there is no reason to hide this when youve got deaths involved. And im not a lawyer but ill tell you what, as a lawyer he is going to have a lot to work with because this is crazy that consumers are dying, cars have problems over so