Hamas militants [ gunfire ] there they are. Hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. A new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in za. The death toll i rising along wiars of anallout Israeli Ground invasion. The Israeli Cabinet has just approved the callup of 75,000 Army Reservists in addition to the troops already positioned along the border with gaza. A visit to gaza by egypts Prime Minister failed to stop the bombardment and pull the region from the brink of allout war. U. S. Officials blame hamas for starting this conflict. But they are also urging to be measured in its response. The defense secretary leon panetta says israel and the palestinians need to negotiate a more permanent piece his words, a more permanent piece in the region. Our pentagon correspondent barbara starrs been watching whats going on. Barbara, what is the u. S. Military most concerned about right now . Wolf
Reporter good morning, lynn. At this point this bus attack is being described as a terrorist attack. It says it has all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack, but it is not a suicide bomber that Police Officials can confirm. It seems explosives were placed on a bus in tel aviv. This is the first bus blast in israel since 2004, the last one being on a bus in the southern israeli city of bare shea but near gaza. If this is connected to the current conflicted, theres no confirmation at this point that it is, but this would show a change in tactics from the current tactics being used which is rocket launches from gaza into israel. This comes as secretary of state Hillary Clinton is here trying to negotiate a ceasefire. She and other senior diplomats from around the world, u. N. Secretary ban ki moon as well, trying to come to an agreement. This occurs just when people were thinking a ceasefire could be in the cards. So if this is connected, this could potentially make a ceasefire negotiation
Lets talk live in the cnn newsroom. Good morning. Im Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. We begin this hour with a war on isis and battle lines drawn at home and overseas this morning, americas top military officer arrived in baghdad and Martin Dempsey is in the capitol as iraqi force wage their biggest offensive yet against isis. In ohio a reminder of militants far reached. A 20yearold cincinnati man, christopher cornell, said he wanted to kill the president and says he conspired with isis to launch a deadly attack on the u. S. Capitol. He laid out his plans in a riveting and wide ranging phone interview from his jail cell. In a few moments we will talk with a reporter with cnn affiliate. First, listen to some of their conversation. The event i planned on tuesday september the 20th, in washington d. C. Would have been a great attack against america. Even with my capture its repercussions will not stop. Although it would have been a major attack against america, events th
Jerusalem to find out, is there a solution . Also, a new u. N. Report. The most exhaustive yet about Climate Change. Well talk to tom friedman to tell us what the world and the United States need to do now. And the great Anthony Bourdain will take us with him to russia and india and other places. Well talk about politics and food, of course. But first heres my take. Russias aggression in ukraine has had the effect of unifying the western democracies, at least in their robust condemnation of the nation. But travel further afield and one sees a variety of responses which shadows the great u. N. Tension between global norms and National Interests. Consider the response of the worlds most populous democracy, india. New delhi was mostly silent in the events though through february and march, refused to support anything to do with russia and declared that russia had legitimate interest in ukraine, all which led Vladimir Putin to place a thank you call to the prime minister. Indias reaction c
It as payback for the death of a palestinian bus driver under disputed circumstances. Our ben wedeman joins us now from jerusalem live with the very latest. So ben, take us through what we know right now about this attack on worshippers in the jerusalem synagogue and how much authorities are learning about the two suspects who were shot and killed by police. Reporter yes. Rosemary, we understand from the Israeli Police that two men from palestinian East Jerusalem from the neighborhood of jebal mukabr came at 7 15 in the morning, thats less than three hours ago, to this synagogue behind me in the har nof neighborhood of west jerusalem. They entered the synagogue. They were armed with knives, axes, and a handgun according to the police. Now, eyewitnesses tell us that they saw a commotion outside the synagogue shortly afterwards. One woman said she saw a man bloodied and wounded sitting by the front steps of the synagogue, and then she saw the attackers, the presumed attackers coming out