all the while there was a flurry of diplomating activity. secretary clinton met with palestinian authority mahmoud abbas in the west bank and benjamin net ya knetanahu in ca. let s go straight to fred pleitgen where sirens have been going off earlier. and joining us is ben wedeman in the gaza strip, gaza city. fred, what are you seeing now in ashkelon? reporter: from ted pleitgen, have the rockets stopped in ashkelon? reporter: the rockets, yes, have stopped in ashkelon. it was interesting, because up until about a minute before our broadcast began, there were still booms that were heard in the sky. and about ten minutes ago we had to run for cover in ashkelon. now it appears as though things are quiet. i can tell you from speaking to people here on the ground, they re telling us this he don t really believe in this cease-fire just yet at this point in time. folks that we re speaking to at this cafe who have been watching the speech of prime minister benjamin netanyahu
scalia once pointed to their case as an example of why the death penalty is just. today, they are free men. we will speak with an attorney for one of the exonerates as well as the former legal director of the center on wrongful convictions. the new york democratic governor andrew cuomo is being challenged in his own party s primary. we will speak to all professor zephyr teachout and political activist randy credico, who are both running against cuomo, as well as the tuna governor candidate tim wu who coined the concept of net neutrality. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. violence continues in eastern ukraine putting government forces and russian-backed separatists following a day of confusion over cease-fire. ukraine initially claimed it had reached a cease-fire with russia, only to retract the claim after russian president vladimir putin said his government isn t a party to the conflict. his o
two african-american half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after 30 years behind bars in north carolina. supreme court justice antonin scalia once pointed to their case as an example of why the death penalty is just. today, they are free men. we will speak with an attorney for one of the exonerates as well as the former legal director of the center on wrongful convictions. the new york democratic governor andrew cuomo is being challenged in his own party s primary. we will speak to all professor zephyr teachout and political activist randy credico, who are both running against cuomo, as well as the tuna governor candidate tim wu who coined the concept of net neutrality. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. violence continues in eastern ukraine putting government forces and russian-backed separatists following a day of confusion over cease-fire. ukraine initially claimed it had
torture and brutality. we will speak to the un rector for belarus. torture and brutality. we will speak to the un rectorfor belarus. and the turkish president suggests that tensions with greece in the eastern mediterranean might have spilt over into an altercation. welcome. president donald trump has unveiled an historic peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates which the us helped broker. here he is announcing it. after 49 years, israel and the united arab emirates will fully normalise their diplomatic relations. they will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation across the board and on a broad range of areas, including tourism, education, health care, trade and security. 0nly only two arab nations previously has signed peace agreement with israel. it is the greatest advancements towards piece between israel and the arab world and the last 26 years. and it marks the third formal peace between israel and an arab nation. there has been some reactio
in the eastern mediterranean might have spilled over into an altercation. welcome. president donald trump has unveiled an historic peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates, which the us helped broker. here he is announcing it. after 49 years israel and the united arab emirates will fully normalise their diplomatic relations. they will exchange embassies and ambassadors and begin cooperation across the board and on a broad range of areas including tourism, education, health care, trade and security. only two arab nations egypt and jordan have previously signed peace deals with israel. let s hear from israel s prime minister. this is the greatest advancements toward peace in israel and the arab world in the last 26 years. and it marks the third formal peace between israel and an arab nation. formal peace between israel and an arab nation. let s look at reaction from around the world. the palestinian authorities have rejected the deal and called for a meeting o