To dondon forcing many to flee their homes. From the Civil Rights Movement to journalism, a look back at the life of editor and activist John Siegenthaler, sr. Thanks for being with us. We begin tonight with day 5 of the conflict between israel and gaza. We have a lot to catch you up on. But first, a run down of the latest numbers. Israel has launched more than 1,000 air strikes against gaza so far this week as of midnight local time. According to gazas health ministry, the death toll has reached 154 people, at least 88 of those killed have been civilians. So far, at least 1,062 people have been injured, majority of which are women and children. Our Nick Schifrin is on the ground in gaza city. Reporter thomas action its been a dramatic day purposing waited by two sounds i can hear now. One, a drone right on top of us, an israeli drone that has been firing constantly all night in addition to f16s trying overhead as well as a bombardment from naval art i willery. And healing ambulance, p
You. Its day five of the air offensive in goose disa. Nea gaza. Several people died in that attack. You can see where the missile came through. It came through two stories of this house and landed right here in the ground floor. You can see the back end of that missile. I dont think you can see that, but we spoke to the director of this Medical Center, who said there is absolutely no one else here other than those who cared for the disabled. This is not a place where they would store rockets. The owner was very upset. You can see the scene of destruction here. There is a wheelchair here which has been left intact amazingly because the rest of this building has been turned to absolute republic. A lot of people actually suffered burns because you can see its still dark when the missile hits it bursts into flames. Israel does say it launches precision strikes. Sometimes they can be incredibly targeted and incrediblebly specific. But you do have to question especially when it comes in the
Their babies for radiation exposure, as they continue to worry about the Fukushima Nuclear crisis. The people negotiating a free trade deal for the Asia Pacific Region say they are going to miss an important deadline. Ministers from the 12 countries at the talks say there wont be any agreement this year, but theyll push on with discussions in 2014. Over the course of this meeting, we identified potential landing zones for the majority of key outstanding issues in the text. We will continue to work with flexibility to finalize these text issues, as well as Market Access issues. The ministers released a statement to say they made substantial progress during their fourday meeting in singapore. Theyll meet again next month after their negotiators hold several weeks of intensive discussions. The statement says its important to aim for a high level deal that would create jobs and spur economic growth. Japanese officials said negotiators from all countries were eager for a profitable outcome.
Struggle and your freedom, your democracy, is in his legacy. The world pays tribute to Nelson Mandela. Thousands of South Africans along with dozens of World Leaders at the stadium in soweto. Four u. S. President s in the crowd. President obama shook hands with fidel castro from cuba. Hes uniting people from all over the world. He is uniting us. Its wonderful. Very festive atmosphere, dancing and singing but weather has impacted the ceremony. When it rains the gates of heaven are open as well. Another nasty morning storm in the northeast. The federal government is shut down this morning in washington. Out on the west coast, the big problem has been high winds toppling trees, truck, even people. I saw this truck in front of me. I thought, dang. Crews are searching for a missing in family in nevada. They set out sunday to play in the snow but never came home. The starter for the university of oregons Football Team will not play in their bowl game. Touchdown, chicago. Wh an effort. Pnight
Moon over the mountains and what a beautiful sight it is. Hello, everybody, im huell howser. Welcome to death valley, this Huge National park, over 3. 3 million acres, where the temperature gets up to over 130 degrees in the summertime, and they have an annual rainfall rate of less than two inches. Thats not very much rain, but this year along with a lot of other places in california, because of the heavy rains weve had, death valley has been transformed into a springtime wonderland, a wonderland that has attracted hundreds of thousands if not millions of people from all over the world to see it for themselves. Thats why were here. Were gonna spend two days in death valley to see firsthand how this place, because of the rains, has been transformed not only into a springtime wonderland, but a fine example of californias gold. [ music ] well, were just six miles out of baker, but weve already made our first stop. First off, just look at this with the blue sky and the big puffy white clou