The news broke friday morning would begin a threeday ceasefire between israelis and palestinians fighting in gaza. During the overnight hours before americans even woke up, the ceasefire was gone. Lost in a haze of mutual acrimony and continued violence. The intense diplomacy from secretary general ban kimoon and secretary of state john kerry, and not coming to much. Israel has declared they have the intention to keep fighting until all the tunnels leading into israel have been destroyed alliances and support within the region are being fractured and redrawn. Reporter when the ceasefire collapsed the finger pointing began. Hamas blamed israel for advancing on the town of rafa on the pretext of destroying tunnel. Israel said that it was destroying a tunnel when a a bombing occurred. That soldier needs to be released as soon as possible. I have been very clear throughout this crisis that israel has a right to defend itself. Reporter secretary of state john kerry also blamed hamas, callin
Acrimony and continued violence. The intense diplomacy from secretary general ban kimoon and secretary of state john kerry, and not coming to much. Israel has declared they have the intention to keep fighting until all the tunnels leading into israel have been destroyed alliances and support within the region are being fractured and redrawn. Reporter when the ceasefire collapsed the finger pointing began. Hamas blamed israel for advancing on the town of rafa on the pretext of destroying tunnel. Israel said that it was destroying a tunnel when a a bombing occurred. That soldier needs to be released as soon as possible. I have been very clear throughout this crisis that israel has a right to defend itself. Reporter secretary of state john kerry also blamed hamas, calling it an outrageous violation of the ceasefire he had helped negotiate with the help of u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon. They oh ask for maximum restraint and return to the 72hour humanitarian ceasefire that tragically l
This is Al Jazeera America, live from new york city. Im tony harris and we begin with breaking news out of belgium. Authorities say they have thwarted major attacks that may have been days or hours away. Police conducted a raid on the eastern city of vervia. Two suspects killed in the shootout. One person was arrested. It was part of an investigation into people returning from syria. Andrew potter has the details. Reporter belgium Authorities Say they have prevented an attack on what they call a ground scale. Shots ring out in this city. You can hear glass smashing. Federal police stormed a bakery covered by snipers on rooftops. They have been searching homes of around 10 people who had come back from syria. During the investigation we found this group was about to commit terrorists attacks. During the investigation certain suspects opened fire with automatic weapons at special forces. Two of the suspects were killed. A third has been arrested. Reporter residents from told not to leave
That we have all made. Yes, we will Work Together yes, but that will start late. Yes, we will Work Together but it will be next year. Yes, we Work Together but it will be in the spring. Yes, we will Work Together but we cant pass keystone unless we pass these 10 other things. Theres always going to be tomorrow. Theres always going to be 10 other things. Lets act today. Tomorrow. We can do this. We can do this. We can pass the Keystone Pipeline. And and to the frustration of the American People so they can rest next week and say oh, my gosh, the senators of the United States of america have years and they have brains and they have hearts and they heard what we said. And we can do this. And we have a bill that is on the calendar. Ive also passed a similar bill to my committee but im not even asking to pass the bill i passed my committee which i think is slightly better than the one on the calendar. We can all compromised. Im also a cosponsor of the bill, the lead sponsor of the bill cuts
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