The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain, reverend Charlie Martin of Bethel Baptist church of North Carolina. The chaplain lets pray together. Dear heavenly father, today, lord, we enter your gates with gates with thanksgiving and into your courts with praise. Thank you for your blessings, for america, our home. I call on you, o lord, to bless our land again. In the bible we read, if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then while i hear from will i hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Father you know that i trust you and your holy word and i call on you this morning to place your great hand upon this congress and upon this people. Please grant your wisdom and their in their decisions and leadership on behalf of all americans. For all of us who love this land and call america home, we call on you together today. In jesus na
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And how chinese kids are using the School Holidays to build military backbone. They are on the go like this from six in the morning until six at night, seven days a week. Even in the army you get one day off. Not here. Huge demonstrations are taking place across the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem in protest against israels assault on gaza. Two have been killed and Dozens Injured in clashes with Security Forces at the alandia cal andia checkpoint. More than 800 have skied in gaza. Reporter the violence was expected. No one predicted the scale of it. This is the largest protest the occupied west bank has seen in years. For hours protesters clashed with Israeli Forces outside a cal andia checkpoint. Israeli military forces fired tear gas cannisters and rubbercoated bullets. Despite being better equipped, at times the soldiers struggled to contain the situation making protesters determined. The people that came to the streets, taking to the streets the violence there, they are angry
Expansion of the definition of waters of the United States. Additionally, the e. P. A. Is pressing forward despite two recent Supreme Court cases that expressly rejected the agencys broadest definition of bodies of water and made it clear not all bodies of water are subject to definition under the act. Few regulatory agencies will be able to escape the reach. This proposed new definition could apply to countless numbers of small wetlands and creeks that are typically regulated at the state level. More specifically, the proposed rule extends the reach of federal Regulatory Authority by adding interstate wetlands and all adjacent waters to the definition of waters of the United States. It also deems all tributaries to be categorically jurisdictional. And for the first time ever, ditches ditches, mr. President , are defined as jurisdictional tributaries. This is cause for concern. This should be the disturbing and troubling to all americans, is subjecting roadside irrigation, storm water
London. This is the al jazeera news hour. Also coming up in the next 60 minutes. The u. S. Promises intense and sustained support for iraq but the fighting goes on. Finally free, a sudanese woman is released from prison. And im raul pathak, ill have the latest in sports. Brazil 2014, did they end their Disastrous Campaign on a winning note. Is. Hello there thank you for joining us we begin the program in egypt where three al jazeera journalists have bren convicted and jailed for doing their jobs ppts peter greste and Mohamed Fahmy have been sentenced to seven years, Baher Mohamed for ten years. The Al Jazeera Media Network has condemned the courts decision and also International Outcry. The u. N. Human rights chief calling the verdicts a travesty of justice. Well in the last couple of hours the white house called for all three men to be pardoned. Well talk to peter grestes brother andrew for his assessment and more on the International Outcry for the convictions. First mohamed ado has