Heavily armed police stole a plane after a passenger allegedly threatened to blow it up. Hello, everyone, and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john vause, reporting from jerusalem. Israel and hamas are two hours into a temporary ceasefire, a brief window of calm to allow humanitarian supplies into gaza and get some of the wounded out. During this 12hour long went die, soldiers will continue searching for tunnels and destroying them. If this truce can hold, there are hopes it may lead to talks on a more permanent ceasefire which would address Israeli Security kearns as well as hamass demands for a reopening of the border. It seem the israelis and hamas continued fighting right up to the ceasefire. Both sides are now holding their fire. Reporter right now, it does seem calm across the gaza strip. And youre right. Right up to that 8 00 start time here locally, there was fighting still going on. We could still hear it all around us. But thousand it does
Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with breaking news. Two americans from the u. S. Consulate have been injured from an attack on their vehicle in the far western part of afghanistan, near the iranian border. Its not clear what happened. There are reports it vehicle was shot at with a rocket propelled grenade. The two americans are said to be suffering life threatening injuries. In the meantime, a u. S. Warship carrying marines is on the way to libya. The state department advised americans to leave that country, immediately, due to an unpredictable security situation. The ship is a precautionary move. Libya is pushed to the brink of chaos or more chaos. All this as president obama is set to deliver an address about u. S. Foreign policy after outlining a picture of u. S. Troops in afghanistan. 10,000 will remain there into next year. He heads to west point where hes set to explain the u. S. Role in the world going forwards. This is a critical speech, at a time
Bodies still at the crash site of flight 17. Team coverage ahead. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im john berman. Its wednesday, july 30th. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We welcome the viewers here in the United States around the world. In ukraine, the west deliveringing a onetwo punch. The e. U. Imposing new sanctions on moscow, lilting russian banks access to u. S. Capital markets. The u. S. Following suit by announcing key sectors of russias economy. This is a choice that russia and president putin in particular has made. There continues to be a better choice. The choice of deescalation, the choice of joining the world in a diplomatic solution to this situation. The question this morning, will these sanctions work, i want to bring in Nic Robertson live from moscow. Nic, when you look at the economics, they will work, they will hit the russian economy. But will they work . Will they change putins strategy thats the big question. Yeah, certainly what were
Mile and mile of sand warmed by the sun. Beach beauties everywhere in the 1950s, life was much simpler. Ward . It was the golden age of television with shows that reflected the innocence of the times. Beaver, how can you lose money just by counting it . Every time i look at it, i think of something i need. And an automobile was more than just a way to get around. The back seat of a car was kind of like what a motel is now to the young people. It gave you a chance to kiss your girlfriend and, you know, be without any interruptions. And thats what bob was doing on may 22nd, 1957. He and his date and another couple were parked on a deserted stretch of road near el segundo, california, an area known as lovers lane. The windows were steamy, as they normally get when youre sitting with your girlfriend, kissing for an hour, or however long it is. When bob opened the window for some air, he discovered they werent alone. I saw the gun as the only thing that came through the window. That was my
Sons dead body. I think thats disgusting. Hello. For the First Time Ever a group of Chinese Military officers is facing 31 criminal charges in the u. S. And china is outraged by these allegations. The u. S. Justice Department Says the men hacked into the computers of Major American Companies and stole trade secrets. We are going live to beijing. First, how u. S. Officials say they found the hackers and why theyll never face prosecution. Wanted by the fbi. Five Chinese Military officials who have allegedly spent years stealing trade secrets from some of the Biggest Company in the u. S. Like westinghouse and alcoa. Draining the u. S. Economy out of millions of dollars. For the first time we are exposing the faces and names behind the key boards in shanghai used to steal from american businesses. From thousands of miles away, the u. S. Tracked the men down to one city, one block, one building on the chinese army base near shanghai. According to thin indictment, the five men hacked into th