Operations in the gaza strip, saying israel is prepared to stand alone and fight with its fingernails if necessary. Mr netanyahus comments come after President Joe Biden confirmed the us had paused a delivery of bombs which could be used in an assault on rafah. But the idf claims they had enough weaponry to finish the rafah mission. There have been mixed reactions to mr biden s decision from lawmakers in the us. Earlier i spoke to our state Department Correspondent tom bateman. You have spoken to members of congress all day, what sort of support or criticism is there for the decision to hold the shipment of the bombs to israel . One of the first things that struck me coming into the building today was the sense in which this is a very significant moment, the levels of energy and the response to this, the way people are feeling about this on both sides is extremely strong. That is because this is the first time in a generation we have had this level of public pressure applied by the whi
Mcconnell harshly criticised biden as bending under the heat of domestic political pressure from his partys anti israel base. Republican senator Lindsay Graham has called the decision to halt arms absurd. This is all about President Biden and trying to take over the war from israel. Ive got one message for israel. Ive got one message for israel. Dont let them do it. Many democratic lawmakers have come out in support of biden s decision to halt certain munitions to israel. Heres what democratic senator and biden ally chris coons told the bbc. Of course, israel has the right but the obligation to go after hamas and Finish Thejob and the obligation to go after hamas and finish the job and restore a sense of security to the israeli people after the horrific attack of october seven. But since there are a million refugees in gaza who have moved to the north, to the centre and the south and are trapped up against the hard border with egypt and egypt is not allowing any of them in, before goi
How he escaped and hard times for london financial high flyer sentenced to prison for 14 years for manipulating Interest Rates. Good to have you with us. No more can the world say that the u. S. Is not getting serious about Climate Change. Today president obama unvailed his clean power plant which for the first time will severely restrict and reduce carbon emissions. Renew energy laid out by the president as he warned his country not to wait any longer on fighting Climate Change. The move has been welcomed by europe and the u. N. The president declared war on coal. Heres part of what obama had to say. President obama were the first generation to feel climate chat and the last generation to do something about it. And thats why i committed the United States to leading the world on this challenge. That if we dont get it right we may not be able to reverse. And we may not be able to adapt sufficiently. There is such a thing as being too late when it comes to Climate Change. And today were
8th. What a day it is shaping up to be. Im brian duffy. Tia im tia ewing. Make sure and vote. The weather should cooperate, too, for the voters for most of the day. Meteorologist sam roberts is tracking some rain thats going to come a little later this afternoon. Sam. Samantha my afternoon voters will have to deal with a little rain. This is like Late Afternoon closer to the evening commute time frame. Polls open at 6 30, and if youre headed out to vote early this morning, you can expect a little bit of a chill in the air. It in shaker heights. Its just a little bit warmer farther to the north. 52 in lakewood, good morning in strongsville. We are in the middle 40s right now. A decent warmup in place. We have a southwest wind and that means that temperatures will once again be above average today. Not quite as warm as yesterday but still warmer than what you expect for election day. 53 at 9 00 in the morning. Through about 3 00. Then once the rain starts this evening, we will begin to c
High heels . And we say good wednesday morning. Im Kendis Gibson in for t. J. Holmes. Im reena ninan. We begin with the overnight reaction to the state of the Union Address in which president obama steamed to turn his famous slogan yes we can into a new one. It went off script. Susan saulny with details. Reporter good morning. In this speech we saw an optimistic president trying hard to secure his legacy. The shadow of crisis has passed and the state of the union is strong. Reporter president obama unveiled an ambitious state of the union agenda for his final two years in office emboldened by rising job Approval Ratings and improving economy. Since 2010 america has put more people back to work than europe japan, and all advanced economies combined. Reporter the president took credit claiming a vindication of his democratic policies. Middle class economics works. Expanding opportunity works. And these policies will continue to work as long as politics dont get in the way. Reporter the p