[ music ] a new ceasefire was reached in gaza, israelis in palestine yans agree to begin palestinians agree to begin another cae fire today at ceasefire today at 5 00 pm. Let turn to Jane Ferguson in west jerusalem, can you tell us the details of how the latest temporary deal was reached . Well, its a surprise to some on the ground. This morning, after the Israeli Cabinet meeting heard stronger talk. Basically Binyamin Netanyahu saying that they would not be coming back to cairo for the talks unless there was a cessation of violence, rockets, coming out of gaza. During the cabinet meeting, members had called for an escalation, an increase in Israeli Operations in gaza, some calling for a full occupation. Its been a dramatic day. Theres no confirmed reports as to how this came about. We know that the egyptians have been hosting and shuffling between the two. The egyptians have a pump card when it comes to pressuring hamas in the palestinians, because of the rafah boarder crossing with e
Well the General Assembly is underway at the United Nations. Just a short while ago president obama addressing those gathered this morning, making a strong case to reach a political settlement on the issue of syria, and demanded that the Security Council enforce a ban on chemical weapons. In studio with us throughout the speech is professor michael oppenheimer. And you listened to the speech. Did we hear today the beginning of what some might call the Obama Doctrine . Well, i think we heard reinforcement of the Obama Doctrine. This is a doctrine of restraint in the use of force. An emphasis on core interests, and being very specific about what those core interests are, in the case of the middle east, they involve proliferation, maintaining oil supplies through the middle east, counter terrorism, and defending our allies. Those are the four core interests. And some what conciliatory some would say concerning the past, saying we are no longer looking to influence the outcome of these cha
To maintain its pledge of increasing Monetary Base at an annual pace of 600 billion to 0 700 billion. T well be watching very chosely. European trading, you can see the stocks there are off a little bit too. The worst performances the ftse 100, down over 1. 2 . Down about 80 points. The u. S. Equity futures here are looking like they are also indicated lower. The dow futures are indicated down by almost 60 points. S p futures off by just over 7 points, and, again, the decline we saw yesterday, the 93point drop, the worst performance we have seen since the end of june, june 28th, the last time we saw a move like that, which tells you how calm and fence sitting the position these markets have been to this point. Also today, the treasury will offer 20 billion in tenyear notes at 1 00 p. M. Eastern time. As for data points, the Mortgage Bankers Association Release at 7 00 eastern. Economists expect to continue to see downward trend in the rise in rates. Earnings front, ralph lauren, time w
It happening here, and its pretty incredible. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder in yangon, the capital city of myanmar, its dark. Blackouts are frequent, with the ancient power grid. But sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie yelloworange hue. For almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. In 1948 after helping the british fight off the japanese, there was a new taste for selfdetermination, the country gained independence. After a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. Elections . They came and went. The results ignored, opposition punished, or silenced entirely. Burma, now myanmar, where orwell once served as a colonial policeman, where he first had grown to despise the apparatus of a colonial state, make more orwellian than imagined, in a nation where even having an opinion could be dangerous. I a
It is not a simple answer to a complicated problem. It is not, unfortunately. Thanks, have a good afternoon. Im ali velshi. Eight days ago a gunman walked into a school and started a nationwide outcry and movement determined to bring change to this countrys gun laws. Today that issue is on the doorstep of the white house. We have to harden our schools, not soften them up. A gunfree zone to a killer or somebody that wants to be a killer, that is like a going in for the ice cream. Weve done a lot of research in the country over the last several years and we need to go back and act on it. All of the School Shootings, it doesnt make sense. Fix it. It should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed. I dont understand i turned 18 the day after. Woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. And i dont understand why i could still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. As students continue to make their case for common sense gun reform, the nra is making the case for more gun