jerusalem with the latest on what this all means. david lee? reporter: jenna, hours after the controversial vote at the needed nations the israeli government made its own controversial announcement the government here saying it would go ahead with the construction of some three how housing units in jersey as well as west bank settlements. the government here though for the most part having very low-key response to the vote, not implementing any previously threatened sanctions against the palestinian authority. the u.n. vote gives palestinians u.n. status as a nonvoting observer state. the important part of that, with pre-1967 borders. on paper at least the resolution divides jerusalem, putting one of the holiest sites of jews under the control of palestinians, the western wall. the spokesman for the prime minister says the decision is no substitute for negotiations. as palestinians wake up this morning they will see nothing has really changed and the truth is nothing will change if
congressional stalemate that could mean a bigger government bite out of your paycheck. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . captions by vitac www.vitac.com the lines have been redrawn in the battle for the republican presidential nomination and after months of focusing his fight on president obama, mitt romney is now going after the newest front-runner, the former house speaker, newt gingrich. romney s latest assault is the classic campaign tactic of using the candidate s own words against him. joe johns is joining us now. take us inside romney s latest attack on gingrich. now we know that mitt romney apparently is not going to sit around and wait for newt gingrich to make a mistake as some have been suggesting. romney s on the offensive right now, but as far as we can tell, the former speaker hasn t exactly launched any kind of counterattack. down in the polls with weeks left until iowa caucuses, mitt romney makes his move. direct assau
to their destruction which is a no go. that was lost in the coverage. and, again, a lot of people on the left and also a lot of people in the middle that are jumping up and down saying, well, george bush and bill clinton believe the same thing. and george bush came close to saying the same thing in 2008. and yet the white house itself knew that they were pushing the envelope diplomatically that when you say and, again, you have to really understand this, steve. as i know you do. but 1967, you have to understand that that rings a bell. yeah. i say you, i mean the american people need to understand for the israelis, if you talk about 1949 borders and variations, that s one thing. if you say this negotiation needs to start with pre-1967 borders, it s fraught with a lot of imagery. imagery and substance.
monetary fund to the hotel maid he s accused of sexually assaulting. police sources say dominique strauss-khan s d.n.a. was found on the maid s shirt and he claims the encounter was consensual. strauss-khan s friends offered money to the alleged victim s family in africa. meanwhile, opening statements begin today in the trial of casy anthony accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. the jury will decide her fate. 25-year-old could face the death penalty. her defense faces many challenges including explaining why anthony didn t alert authorities about her daughter who had been missing for 31 days. what was that about? this morning, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses a joint session in congress presenting his plan to jump-start peace talks with palestinians. he s rejecting president obama s call to pre-1967 borders. tomorrow in congress, i ll