instigator he has the able to get people to purr see these acts of violence. thank you. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu is speaking again, this time he says we see isis at the gates. israel reports it s moving soldiers the border with egypt as the military raises its alert level. this in israel. the prime minister called on both countries to work together to take on isis. the sinai peninsula is seeing the bloodiest fighting in decade. egypt is at wart, newspapers are reporting. soldierses are going house to house trying to find isis fighters and they re working to remove mines from roads. security forces report killing more than 20 militants in air raids this morning alone after isis took credit for a series of cowsheds nateed terror attacks yesterday, hitting police at army checkpoints killing dozens of troops. ambassador is with us, form former depth assistant secretary of state.
she is still buying his energy. she is hurting for sales. but you re right, europe is buying a lot of energy from russia, and that is a benefit to the europeans when they buy this but also a big benefit to the russians when they get that currency. ambassador taylor we ll hit you up when he pulls the troops out. hundreds of russian sailors are headed home after france spined plans to deliver a warship to russian last month. according to the reporting of the associated press today. france suspended the billion dollar weapons deal until further notice bass of the conflict in ukraine. russia said it would be patient. the soldierses already spent moneys months training on the ship but you they re leaving without the warship. the accused marathon bomber, joe car dzhokar tsarnaev was
winter, december through the virus killed 24,000 people on average. last year, 52,000 people died of flu, and resulting pneumonia. the u.s. army records the largest air force operation over fort brag in north carolina, dropping thousands of soldiers from planes is part of a campaign to bring needy toys to kids. it s called operation toy drop. this is the 17th year. soldierses donate toys to get a chance to jump without equipment. it s a popular event but a paratroopers from other countries lead the jump which allows u.s. troops to earn their foreign jump wings. our first soldier, made sure he got an opportunity in a foreign wing. he was here yesterday at 2:45 in the afternoon, and with a sleeping bag and his backpack, and he actually slept outside overnight because he didn t want
soldiering dragged through the street, a mess. that was a lack of followthrough on the part of leadership, but now soldiers like yourselves are seeing a lack of followthrough in the care afterwards. whatever you say of various wars and conflicts, generally americans of all stripes have the same high regard for the people who fought them and fight them. j.r. do they feel that way now or feel appreciated now or do these allegations that come out and dozens of soldierses who might have died waiting for care, make them think twice? it does. it definitely does make you think twice. and listen, there s a lot of gas and we have come a long way. i m not going to say we haven t made progress, i mean that from the va perspective and the military standpoint. we haven t made a lot of progress and a lot of things right. things that were issues in 2003 are not issues today. there s in issue ins. so there s some of that, have
still being treated at scott and white and they re getting world-class medical care, and we appreciate all of that. sadly we have 16 wounded soldiers, and as we said yesterday, four killed. the shooter and three victims. of the 16 soldiers, nine of them are at scott and white currently. and three are at darnell. four of the soldierses have been released. we re planning a memorial ceremony for early next week and we ll keep you advised of when that is to or our fallen. i d also like to thank the outpouring of support from the central texas community and indeed from the spire state of entire state of texas and our national leadership within the military and our civilian leadership at the national level. everyone is chipping in, trying to assist in any way they can, and i would recommend that any individual wanting to donate support in any manner, shape or form, contact the fort hood gao,