Country. Im in new york whereas part of the tribeca Film Festival, well be looking at new socially conscious games that aim to educate the worlds children. Israel says it has canceled a negotiation session with the palestinians after it was announced that rival palestinian groups said that they have reached a deal tend to years of political division. They have been controlling the west bank, and hamas the gaza strip. Under the new deal a government will be organized, and they will also join the plo. Hamass deposed Prime Minister said that this is an historic moment for palestinians. Translator i [ inaudible ] palestine and [ inaudible ] and put an end to [ inaudible ] and to arrive at an agreement. We salute all of them, all of the leaders [ inaudible ]. Translator the rift has come to an end and we are reunited. We extend all appreciate to our brother with the significant role he has demonstrated over the past two days. As he said the spirit that overwhelmed all of the members was ver
We are getting some new details aboard the chaotic scene aboard that ferry from crew members who were aborted as it sank. Divers are pulling more victims from that submerged boat. 121 bodies have been recovered so far. Our will ripley joins us with the very latest from jindo, south korea. Good to have you with us, will. Tell us what you the crew members are saying. What kind of comments are they making. Reporter well, john and michaela, theyre speaking out for the first time, talking about what happened when the ship tilted drastically to the right. They believe it was a stabilization issue and also saying it was possible to reach many of the lifeboats. I also need to tell you we just within the last few minutes have confirmed brandnew information. This is from the dive operation happening right now in the yellow sea. Divers, we are told, have successfully reached the cafeteria of the ferry. We are trying for more than a day to reach this cafeteria on the third floor of this ship. This
Good evening. Affirmative action, using race as a fas tctor in College Admissions suffered a blow today when the Supreme Court, in a lopsided but deeply divided vote, said in effect no matter what it may have done in the past, no matter what it may accomplish, voters in individual states have a right to end b it like in michigan where voters did just that. It like in michigan where voters did just that. It like in michigan where voters did just that. Today the court said that should be the last word. Its where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent, Pete Williams at the court. Pete, good evening. Reporter brian, good evening. The justices went out of their way to say they were not ruling on the constitutionality of affirmative action itself but this decision is new ammunition for those who want to stop it. Its a big victory for the state of much michigan which had affirmative action in School Admissions until 2006 when 58 of is state voters passed proposal 2 amending their con
Survivors. Authorities are still calling this a searchandrescue operation. Although i have to point out, no survivors have been pulled from the frigid waters alive since right after the ferry went down last wednesday, and conditions for divers are worsening by the hour. Translator the conditions are so bad, my heart aches. Were going in thinking there may be survivors, when we have to come back with nothing, we cant even face the families. 121 people are confirmed dead. Another 181 are still missing. And most of the bodies recovered, were now told, were wearing life vests. Now that we know, will, that these search teams have gotten into the ferrys cafeteria, what is next for them . Reporter well, sadly, brooke, its horrible to say, but likely what we expect to happen now in the coming hours is to see more of these shifts coming back to shore, bringing with them the people who were in that cafeteria, trapped in the cafeteria as the water was rising. So many of these Young Students were
Why wasnt there a drone strike then . Now for two days, were hearing reports of what one yemeni official is calling an unprecedented strike win yemen. As you mentioned more than two dozen militants being killed. And the implication is there be drone strikes although that has not been confirmed but that was based on descriptions of the terrain. How difficult it would be to get troops into these very mountainous areas. But as usual in this type of operation, at this point, the administration is not commenting. Were hoping to get more information later today, chris. Michelle, thank you very much. Lets bring in chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. Jim, lets start with the video at hand, came out last week. Was it specific at the time, was it related to this necessarily . It was definitely necessary at the time because it was so brazen. You had many leaders, many of them senior, meeting in Daylight Hours where u. S. Drones are often flying. No u. S. Officials are going to make