We begin with breaking news overnight, a resounding reelection victory for israels Prime Minister. With 99 of precincts counted, Benjamin Netanyahu has a fiveseat leader over his opponent. Last night, netanyahu gave a victory speech exalting in a comeback after earlier opinion polls put him four seats behind but many observers are saying he faces a serious challenge reuniting that nation after a harsh election campaign. We go live to jerusalem with the latest. Good morning, christine. Netanyahu was a polarizing figure. He will still be a polarizing figure now. Hes split the israeli public but he has an easier path to a rightwing government than expected. Up until the last couple weeks, it looked to be very close. Even in the last couple weeks, netanyahus party looked to be neck and neck with his main challenger. They were polling around 27 seats apiece. Then we saw the unofficial results, not lekz polls, but actual results in the ballot boxes and thats where Netanyahus Likud party open
Near rockbottom in recent months its no secret the israeli Prime Minister and president obama dont care much for each other. What can we expect during the next two years, if netanyahu remains in power . Lets turn to cnn White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski with that part of the story. Given that netanyahu vowed to stand up to Washington Well his rival was saying that his goal was to repair relations with the u. S. You can pretty much see where things stand. I mean thats part of the rhetoric of campaigning. But it shows you that it mattered. You look at netanyahus campaign. Coming here to the u. S. Giving the fivy speech before congress. Criticizing the administrations negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. Saying if he were in power, there would never be a palestinian state. Which is one of the key u. S. Goals for peace in the region. And also the differences of opinion between the u. S. And netanyahu over israeli settlements. It is clear that washington would have wel
May face more charges in new orleans on top of a murder charge in california. Lapd says the victim here is susan berman. She appeared to be poised to talk to the police when someone shot her to death back in 2000. Investigators say new evidence has come to light in this specific case. Could it be the letter just revealed in an hbo documentary entitled the jinx. The letter was written by durst and the handwriting seems to match a letter send anonymously years ago. Theres more that police could use from the film. In the jinx, durst is confronted with a letter. He then goes to the bathroom totally for getting that his microphone is still on. I want you to listen. This is key. Listen to what the documentary caught durst saying. Killed them all. Of course. You hear that . Killed them all, of course. Hbo is opened by time warner which is the Parent Company of cnn. Dursts attorney had this to say after his hearing today. Came here to waive jurisdiction and go back to california and to get it
Hello, im rosemary church. Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is cnn newsroom. It is an outcome few people predicted just last week. But it appears israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his likud party have new political life. With 99 of the votes counted, israeli media report likud will win at least 29 seats in the knesset. The Zionist Union party which had been ahead in opinion polls will take 24. A coalition of israeli arab pears is in third place expected to win 14 seats. Mr. Netanyahu didnt take long to claim victory. It is a surprising comeback from just last week when he was trailing in opinion polls. An live say his sharp turn to the right, which included his reject of a palestinian state, helped turn him helped him turn things around. Mr. Netanyahu says he has already reached out to other Party Leaders on the right. Listen [ applause ] translator i called. Them to join me and to form a government for israel without delay.
Fashion designers Dolce Gabbana and singer elton john over virs. Now the or in vitro fertilization. Now the duo is telling cnn they respect how all people live. This comes after the designers were quoted in an italian magazine referring to ivf babies as synthetic children born from rented wombs. They then went on to say no chemical children life has a natural cause, there are things that shouldnt be modified. Elton john responded by calling for a boycott of the d g label, posting on instagram, how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic . Shame on you for wagging your judgmental fingers at ivf. Were joined with more from hong kong. You spoke with the designers. They seem to be backtracking a little about what they said the controversial comments. What are they saying this now . Reporter absolutely they are backtracking big time. They say that this has been blown out of proportion and quite shocked at the reaction that this has received. Speaking to them today in hong kong