Hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. Appreciate your company. I m michael holmes. This is cnn newsroom. As the death toll climbs in gaza from israeli air strikes and artillery, deadly violence spreading to the west bank. At least ten palestinians reportedly killed friday. Many others were injured as they clashed with israeli soldiers in the west bank. We ll have more on that in just a moment. Now, israel s bombardment of gaza has been going on around the clock. The palestinian health ministry says at least 126 palestinians have been killed. Dozens of children since this conflict began. Eight israelis have been killed by rockets fired from gaza, most of them being destroyed by israel s iron dome system. But some have slipped through with deadly effect. We begin our coverage with the escalating violence now erupting outside of gaza. Cnn s ben wedeman was in bethlehem when the clashes there exploded. Reporter: and now the west bank. We re in
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hello to you. let s start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this, despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump which is why his views of the country s top law enforcement officer carry special weight copy now he says working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it appeared president trump was engrossed in his twitter account, live tweeting a hearing in michigan in which his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was submitting further unsubstantiated claims about the election. the trumpet lega
hello and welcome. let s start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, appointed by mrtrump, says no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this comes despite repeated claims made by president trump that the election was stolen. last month, mr barr issued a directive to us attorneys across the country to pursue any substa ntial allegations . he is one of the president s most ardent supporters, but his patience appears to be wearing thin. there s a growing tendency he said, to use the criminal justice system as a sort of a default fix all, and if people don t like something they want the department ofjustice to come in and investigate. 0ur north america editor jon sopel is at the white house. what william barr has done is com pletely what william barr has done is completely undermined president s argument. he has looked at this and so there is no widespread evidence of widespread forward
hello to you. we start in the united states. the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. we do not allowjudgements to be reached. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump, which is why his views as the country s top law enforcement officer carry special weight. now he says, working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it appeared president trump was engrossed in his twitter account, live tweeting a hearing in michigan in which his personal lawyer rudy giuliani was submitting further unsubstantiated claims about t