captain and crew charged with murder and now new arrests. severe storms tear across the country, spawning tornadoes and hail, destroying homes. on the west coast, lightning leave as man dead. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. today marks the 21 day of fighting between israel and gaza, and also marks the end of ramadan. the ceasefire is over. the israeli military carried out three air strikes this morning. overnight, a rocket was fired into southern israel. in a rare light night meeting, the u.n. security council called for an immediate ceasefire for the sake of the civilians caught in the crossfire. the security council expresses strong support for the call by international partners and the secretary general of the united nations for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. more than 1,000 palestinians and at least 43 israeli soldiers have been killed since fighting began. israel confirms it resumed air strikes today. what s it been like over the las
fighting with a fist bump, instead of a handshake. it is tuesday morning in the middle east, exactly 6:00 a.m. people in gaza are waking up othis, if they ve been able to sleep at all. it s been a night of flares and explosions over gaza. in the past few hours israel has stepped up its attack on hamas. there are reports a hamas television station was hit by a missile. and earlier, hamas fighters had infiltrated israel. it arrived by a series of tunnels. israel fighters stopped them. imminent ceasefire seems highly unlikely and israel s latest criticism of secretary of state.john kerry could hurt diplomatic efforts even more. patty culhane reports. a rare moment of criticism directed towards israel from u.s. state department yesterday. certainly not way allies treat each other. reporter: not for criticizing what israel is doing in gaza but what secretary of state john kerry is doing, pushing a proposal they had already agreed to. the egyptian proposal accepted by the
sentencing. every word they utter in court can make a difference so says chicago defense attorney michael monico. you want definitely to say something thats natural and speaks from the heart. will he say his bipolarity played a role? will he say that he made a mistake? hes sorry. i assume hes going to say that. monico, has represented 2 high profile clients who know the weight of a guilty plea before a judge. chris kellycaught up in the governor blagojevich scandal ended his own life before a judge could send him away. former alderman and political powerhouse ed vrodlyak spent 10 months in a federal prison for his role in a real estate scheme. in the jacksons case, the government recommends 4 years for the ex- congressman. 18 months for his wife the ex-alderman. monico says the jackson name, status, and celebrity may actually help on sentencing day. hes given up quite a bit. hes already suffered. hes lost his job, hes lost his position as congressman, been embarrassed a
some patientspassengers went up to the top floor waving white towels sending out sos signals. the cable broke from one of the tugboat s earlier so it has been slow and it has taken several days for the troubled ship to see an end to this very very rough journey. how have you been passing the time since we last talked? i am actually standing out on the deck where i was earlier i am sure that we are super close but i don t know how long it is going to take we are here, we are pulling through we are extremely close we have been doing exactly what we ve been doing for the last five days, sitting around, talking eating what we can staying hydrated. i understand recently within the past few hours you ve got things like surf and turf, the clean up the deck they got of rid of a lot of so water. we had a sunday celebration arrival it is much better it is a world of difference on the ship right now. we are just ready to get off of this boats. i have heard many reports that the
The owners of Hawthorne Race Course, who have not been able to get loans to build a casino, also have failed to pay major construction bills, records show.