All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The pentagon reported the incident today in a video briefing. Russian air strikes have been hammering targets across syria. A u. S. Military Spokesman Says the Close Encounter underscores the risk. I mean, its dangerous if two sets of aircraft come into the same piece of airspace without very clear, laidout protocols for safety of all involved, which is why we have sat down with the russians to establish some safety protocols. Woodruff meanwhile, at a moscow event, president Vladimir Putin blamed washington for a lack of coordination on the competing air campaigns. translated we asked the u. S. On the military level to give us the targets which they consider to be the terrorist ones f
Experiences from the great arc of life. You know, what do people remember from their childhood . What do they go through when theyre in, you know, adolescence, or middle age, or you know, late age . Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a new tide of migrants surged across the balkans today as the weather worsened. They resumed their desperate journey after a twoday stoppage. Malcolm brabant has been tracking the story. Hes in denmark tonight, where he filed this report on the days developments. Reporter it was the desperate plea of some 2,000 migrants
After four children are killed, and diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed hit a roadblock. Here are the latest develoments on this middle east crisis. Sirens wail as a rocket from gaza is fired into israel. Our cnn crew captured these images of the countrys iron dome Missile Defense system intercepted the rocket. Israel says more than 1,260 rockets have been launched from gaza since this conflict erupted a week or so ago. In gaza, meanwhile, palestinian pe paramedics say four children were killed from a round by an israeli gunship. Saying the number of People Killed is now over 200, most of the them civilians. One israeli has died. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas travelled to egypt today, searching for a way to end the violence. But hamas officials are refusing to participate in ceasefire talks. The Senior Leader says hamas is not going to cairo and wont discussion the egyptian proposal. Its hard to imagine the tension both the palestinians and israelis are living under
Kerry is expected to fly here to jerusalem at some point soon. Also right now, a belgium plane is on the way to ukraine to pick up the flight data recorders from malaysia air flight 17. The question now what, if anything, can those black boxes tell us. Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. Id like to welcome our viewers from the United States and around the world. An update now on the breaking news were following. The crisis in the middle east now affecting International Air travel. First, several u. S. Carriers started suspending flights into and out of israel. Now the faa back in washington is prohibiting those flights by all u. S. Airline because of the fighting between israel and hamas. The move comes after a rocket landed on a house close to ben gurion International Airport, just outside tel aviv. Cnns rene marsh joining us from washington. Rene, first of all, which airlines, roughly how many flights are affected . Why did the faa decide to take this extraordinary step
Raised these concerns and agreed there is a way to try to put some very specific proposals on the table to try to move forward but the russians and their socalled volunteers are continuing to ship arms and funds and personnel across the border. We see this. Theres clear evidence of it. We now have clear evidence of artillery and rocket fire from russia into ukraine, and the while the russians have said they want to deescalate the conflict, their actions have not shown a shred of evidence that they really have a legitimate desire to end the violence and blood shed. As a result, the russianbacked separatists refuse to lay down their arms and be part of the political process. They continue to fire on Ukrainian Forces, even in the area just around the crash site, and they have displayed an apaling disregard for human decency and evidently the separatists will continue to do unless they can feel some pressure, Something Real from their russian backers. President putin can make a huge differ