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hello im abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalati...

Very hard to get through these whole at the swap this period of holy days and holidays without something, major, uh getting underway. yeah, and david. before we go. these israeli strikes in lebanon do risk drawing in hezbollah. and as youve noted that iran backed militia is heavily armed. so uh , is it possible to do that and not draw in hezbollah at this point? its gonna be pretty hard , and thats why they need a general de escalation. i actually think that its conceivable that the fact that we...

This emphasis on access should also animate politicians. the biggest problem with american education is that it does very, very badly for poor kids. as dan points out. >> comprehensively separates the rich from the rest in an increasingly unequal america. >> the gap between the rich and poor today is greater than between blacks and whites in 1954 when brown versus board of education outlawed school segregation. the american system of education does not provide many paths for poor, bright kids to...

Testing measures. many elite colleges take in more students from the top 1% of the income distribution than from the bottom 60%. it cannot be those millions of students have no talent. its just that we dont have a good enough mechanism to find them. elite chejs should be taken it many more students anyway. endowments have grown, they the class sizes from expanded very slowly. this emphasis on access should animate politicians. the biggest problem with the american education is that is does very ...

Contact with julian assange from wikileaks -- >> right. paul: -- which ultimately leaked some of the documents from the dnc, presumably getting it from the russians who hack had had it. >> right. paul: okay. so thats the connection to the potential collusion, bill. >> right. but you say "potential," and thats a big word here. the important part about this indictment is roger stone has been a swamp creature for a long time, and he thrives in it, right? he seems to be in trouble for during the cam...

If they do background checks. they do not pass judgment on his people. that is the job of the senators. senator schumer is trying to off-load and onto. >> martha: i asked because its such an old allegation, it goes back 36 years. when the fbi does do a background check, how far back to they go? they go back to the age of 18. this is an issue that deals with two adolescents potentially. thats the charge. if two adolescents we know that adolescents are less are under different rule in the law rega...

Actually vulnerable on foreign policy. theres an image that obama got usama there for-- and dan points out, a very bad position, increasingly aggressive enough on the part of the east and iran rushing towards a nuclear weapon. >> paul: he can do that,s he going to have an opportunity one of the debates almost all on foreign policy. i know bret cant wait for that. well, forget the middle east, if youre following presidential campaign, you may think that china is our biggest threat on the heels of...

Actually vulnerable on foreign policy. theres an image that obama got usama there for-- and dan points out, a very bad position, increasingly aggressive enough on the part of the east and iran rushing towards a nuclear weapon. >> paul: he can do that,s he going to have an opportunity one of the debates almost all on foreign policy. i know bret cant wait for that. well, forget the middle east, if youre following presidential campaign, you may think that china is our biggest threat on the heels of...

Explosive on his watch. you know, the simmy carter example. the crisis you dont want a spris. and ironically, it may be a calculation, if something big blew up like iran, i think the american people under those circumstances tend to go with the incumbent. its a nerve wracking situation. but its obamas instinct not to engage in foreign policy or the united states to lead in any of these issues. theyve felt they wanted to go along with international institutions and our allies and hes not ever bee...

Explosive on his watch. you know, the simmy carter example. the crisis you dont want a spris. and ironically, it may be a calculation, if something big blew up like iran, i think the american people under those circumstances tend to go with the incumbent. its a nerve wracking situation. but its obamas instinct not to engage in foreign policy or the united states to lead in any of these issues. theyve felt they wanted to go along with international institutions and our allies and hes not ever bee...