The strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. Overnight, Israeli Security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured Police Station. In the last few hours, they have shelled Enemy Positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. Our reporter simon jones has the latest. What israel is describing as its Mighty Vengeance on the Palestinian Militant Group hamas. Overnight, gaza has been rocked by explosions. Earlier, warplanes at several buildings in the centre of the city. Earlier, warplanes hit several buildings in the centre of the city. The Israeli Defense forces has released these pictures, which they say are hamas cells being targeted. The Israeli Military trying to show they are on the front foot after being taken by surprise by the hamas attacks. The israeli Prime Minister issued this morning in a
You fall, you cant get up. It is cold out today. Maybe not that extreme, but it is a lot colder than it has been all week. So lets get to it. Why look at bus stop buddy. He is celebrating national almond day, one big giant, yes, windy, colds today, weve got six out of ten in your weather by the numbers because of the winds and the cold. Wind gusts, as high as 24, 25 miles an hour, we got 32mile per hour gust up there in mount pocono. So that really takes the temperature down, when you consider the windchill. 34 degrees, in philadelphia. Feels like 23. Sunrise time, 6 52. Weve got few windchills now, that are in the teens, this morning. Lancaster, pottstown, feels like 19 and 18 degrees, feels like four, in mount pocono. Because of all of the wind, coming down across the great lakes, just like monday, but not quite as windy, weve got clouds, weve got few flurries in the area. Not much to look at really, though, on radar. So High Temperature today will be about 40 degrees. See some sunsh
The blue route and go into a nice easy curve and then, wham , it gets you by surprise. State police are telling me that the driver not seriously injured. Probably shaken up. That the content there was nothing in the back of that tractor trailer. That is the good news. Nobody hurt. Now lets go to my happens, because heres a live look, you can see the under carriage here of that tractor trailer. Right now just one lane of traffic slowly squeezing on by , but it is going to get worse before it get better. So anyone who typically head north on the the blue route and uses that ramp to go west you are probably trying to get out to king of prussia heres what you want to do grabbing your cough east this morning be ready, stay straight on the blue route justin north, go up to mid county, up to the turnpike and take turnpike west over to king of prussia it will cost you a couple bucks for the tolls but it is well worth not sitting in that delay because again that will get worse especially when t
We begin tonight with records on wall street. Lots of them. And the woman who made them happen. Blue chip dow index, the s p 500, the small cap russell 2000 make new highs today. The nasdaq has its third highest close ever and it was all because of one person. The Federal Reserve chair janet yellin. In testimony today on capitol hill yellin didnt say too much about future rate hikes but didnt say too little. The markets interpreted as what she did say just enough to keep the door open for a later than mid Year Interest Rate ride. She made it clear the central bank will consider rate hikes on a meeting by meeting basis but she made no promises. With that the Dow Jones Industrial average closed in record territory with a gain of 92 points and 18,209. Nasdaq rose 7 points tenth straight gain there. Its strongest win streak since july 2009 and s p 500 up nearly 6. Yellins comments sent the yield on the tenyear bond back below 2 . Steve liesman with more on todays testimony. Reporter in tes
And welcome. We begin tonight with records on wall street. Lots of them. And the woman who made them happen. Blue chip dow index, the s p 500, the small cap russell 2000 make new highs today. The nasdaq has its third highest close ever and it was all because of one person. The Federal Reserve chair janet yellin. In testimony today on capitol hill yellin didnt say too much about future rate hikes but didnt say too little. The markets interpreted as what she did say just enough to keep the door open for a later than mid Year Interest Rate ride. She made it clear the central bank will consider rate hikes on a meeting by meeting basis but she made no promises. With that the Dow Jones Industrial average closed in record territory with a gain of 92 points and 18,209. Nasdaq rose 7 points tenth straight gain there. Its strongest win streak since july 2009 and s p 500 up nearly 6. Yellins comments sent the yield on the tenyear bond back below 2 . Steve liesman with more on todays testimony. Re